The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr...

of Tamil literature were written (also known as Sangam literature), dealing with love, war, governance, trade and bereavement. The name Sangam and the...

the Maha Puranas. Vedas finds its earliest literary mention in the Sangam literature dated to the 5th century BCE. The Vedas were read by almost every...

economical, political and cultural trends of various periods. The early Sangam literature, dated before 300 BCE, contain anthologies of various poets dealing...

Avvaiyar (Tamil: ஔவையார்) was a Tamil poet who lived during the Sangam period and is said to have had cordial relations with the Tamil chieftains Vēl Pāri...

Sanskrit literature developed rapidly during the first few centuries of the first millennium BCE, as did the Pāli Canon and Tamil Sangam literature.[citation...

and the Indra of the current Manvantara is called Purandhara. The Sangam literature of the Tamil language contains more stories about Indra by various...

Vellalar. The earliest occurrence of the term Velaalar (வேளாளர்) in Sangam literature is in Paripadal where it is used in the sense of a landowner. The...

with the mullai tiṇai (pastoral landscape) in the Tolkappiyam. Tamil Sangam literature (200 BCE to 500 CE) mentions Mayon or the "dark one" and as the Supreme...

Legendary Tamil Sangams, legendary assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets in the remote past First Sangam Second Sangam Third Sangam Sangam literature, a collection...

individualizing, driven, dynamic) with her Sattva qualities. The Sangam literature mentions all Hindu gods and goddesses and Vedic practices in Tamilakam...

Kamba Ramayanam). The age of Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam) refers to the ancient Tamil literature roughly extends between 300...

Sangam refers to the assembly of the highly learned people of the ancient Tamil land, with the primary aim of advancing the literature. There were historically...

device that was characteristic of love poetry in classical Tamil Sangam literature. The core of the device was the categorisation of poems into different...

The language has a well-documented history with literary works like Sangam literature, consisting of over 2,000 poems. Tamil script evolved from Tamil Brahmi...

constitutes religion, moral duty and way of life. Several works of the Sangam and post-Sangam period, many of which are of Hindu or Jain origin, emphasizes on...

Transliteration of Tamil language letter 'ழ'. This letter is also used since Sangam literature. Canton of Zürich, Switzerland South Holland (Dutch: Zuid-Holland)...

The Early Cholas were a Tamil kingdom of the Chola dynasty - pre and post Sangam period (600 BCE–300 CE). It was one of the three main kingdoms of Tamilakam...

Tamil Sangam literature dating back to the 5th century BCE. Maha Vishnu, also known as Perumal, is notably the most frequently mentioned deity in Sangam Literature...

rulers through ruling and coronation rights. Medieval inscriptions and Sangam literature claim that they belong to the Yadu dynasty. Velir may refer to master...

the Sangam age. He is also known as Māyavan, Māmiyon, Netiyōn, and Māl in Sangam literature. A reference to "Mukkol Pakavars" in Sangam literature indicates...

(male celestial musicians) and Apsaras (female celestial dancers). Sangam literature of Tamil (300BC-300CE) describes the offerings for devas. In Silapathikaram...

among these sources is the Sangam literature, generally dated to 5th century BCE to 3rd century CE. The poems in Sangam literature contain vivid descriptions...

well as a Post Sangam period. However, all Sangam literature available to us dates from the third Sangam period, as well as the Post Sangam period. Regardless...

referred to as Vāṉpukaḻ Mūvar (Three glorified by heaven) in the Sangam literature. The Cheras controlled the western part of Tamilkam, the Pandyas controlled...

other characters of the story are mentioned or alluded to in the Sangam literature such as in the Naṟṟiṇai and later texts such as the Kovalam Katai...

Ur-text likely relied on some unknown even older literature. The Tolkappiyam belongs to second Sangam period. Iravatham Mahadevan dates the Tolkappiyam...

before the Common Era. References to the story can be found in the Sangam literature of Akanaṉūṟu,(dated 200 BCE–300 CE) and Purananuru (dated 200 BCE–300...

the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE. Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. There are...

and traditionally the fifth of the Eight Anthologies (Ettutokai) in Sangam literature. Kamil Zvelebil states that the hymns dedicated to Vishnu and Murugan...