தமிழ் இலக்கியங்களில் இனக்குழுப் பண்புகளும், சூழலியலும் / Ethnic Group Traits and Ecology in Tamil Literature

Abstract

The ethnographic history of the four lands Kurinji, Mullai, Marudham and Neithal indicated in Tamil Sangam literature is confined to the culture and dialectical life of the respective ancient inhabitants of Tamil Nadu. The inherited anthropological and conceptual ecological themes and transgenerational transmission of the ethnic group become the history of the respective ethnic groups. It entails knowledge, belief, habit, art, morals, laws, attitudes, actions, literature, language, and religion and each forms the morals of humankind. Further, a natural environment is the basic of these bioethics, which spread like a food chain. Everyone is concern about the environment in contemporary circumstances, it is imperative to ensure that the Tamil ethnic groups who live in the four types of land are inclined to different natural environments and have been preserving nature for a long time. The proclaimed so-called environmentalists nowadays are upholding the western connotations of environment protection, it is indicated from the Sangam literature that Tamil ethnic groups have been pioneers in preserving, cultivating and rejuvenating natural resources. The Tamil society also entails the tradition of the sound concept of "sharing and relationship" rituals with nature implying the responsibility-driven utilization of the natural resources without exploiting the same for selfish incentives. The inferences from the literature also implied that the Tamil inhabitants of all four lands had a moral in re-creating the biodiversity environment, giving them as valuable resources to the future generation.

Keywords

• ethnic group
• traits
• ecology
• sangam literature
• tamil culture.