கலித்தொகையில் இயற்கை சூழலியல் பதிவுகள் / Natural Ecology Records in Kalithokai

Abstract

Among the languages in use today, the Tamil language has literary richness with a timeless past. Many languages have appeared in the world like a whirlwind and have changed and disappeared over time. It is noteworthy that despite the dominance of foreign languages and the dominance of foreign influence, the Tamil language remains independent of its state and has not lost its ability to maintain linguistic harmony even today. In literature, the poet’s thoughts are formed by a series of words and the poems are created with the highest aim of improving human life with new concepts and virtues from time to time. In Tamil culture, grammar and literature have been created according to the characteristics of the prevailing social conditions in those times. Sangam literature belongs to such a glorious tradition. Sangam literature is considered to be of two types - Agam Songs (internal literature) and Puram Songs (external literature). “Kalithokai” is one of the famous Tamil poetic works that come under Sangam literature. One of the special reasons to study these songs is for the natural beauty in them that permeates life. Through Sangam songs, one can know that Sangam Tamils led their lives in harmony with nature knowing the values of life. Indeed, they gave life and feeling to natural objects and respected them. The life in which nature and man lived together is seen as the life of the Sangha period.

Keywords

• sangam literature
• kalithokai
• natural ecology
• contemplation.