International Journal of Tamil Language and Literary Studies (Jun 2022)
பழமொழி நானூறு காட்டும் வேளாண்மை / Agriculture in Pazhamozhi Naanooru
Abstract
The human race evolved from nomadic life to a settled one. They learned to produce grains according to the climate and natural environment of the land where he lives by gathering the various experiences they got in the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age in their brain through the development of knowledge. In the initial period of settlement, the woman has to remain in one place for some time before and after giving birth, and it is the woman who discovers the germination capacity of the seed that she has thrown. Therefore, the production method starts with the woman first. This production method was first started by burying the seeds in the soil without ploughing. As a continuation of this experience, ploughing was carried out using bullocks. In the next step, they set up boundaries and converted them into small fields. The fields were ploughed with natural fertilizers. They also removed the weeds, watered them, harvested the crops after they had grown well and increased the production. Thus, the human race has been continuously trying different positions related to agriculture from the beginning of time till today. As a result of this effort, the man who invented the wooden plough to reduce the energy of human labour is now known to have developed the mechanical plough. In this way, the human race, which ploughed in two stages, namely hard field and soft field, has found various types of technical tools. To prove this, agriculture reached its greatest peak through the development of science in the following periods, beginning with the Paleolithic Age, travelling through the Neolithic Age, and settling in the Sangam and Sangam Maruviya Kalam. “Pazhamozhi Naanooru” explains the state of agriculture in ancient times and thereby one can know the pragmatic development of agriculture in Tamil Nadu. This article explores the transition of agriculture from the past to the new through the evidence from “Pazhamozhi Naanooru”.
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