வில்லிபாரதப் பெண்மாந்தர்களின் குணநலன்கள் / Characteristic Traits of the Women Characters from Villibharatham

Abstract

Epics are an open source of human life and show the psychological traits of human beings. They serve as models of life and sustain an identity of national pride. They are national identities that evince the quality of the people. Tamil epics like “Silappathukaram”, “Manimekalai”, “Cheevaka Chintamani”, “Valayapathi” and “Kundalakesi” are very famous and portray moral ethics through life. Western epics like “Gilgamesh”, “Illiad’, “Odyssey”, “Aeneid”, “Volsung Saga”, “Nibelungenlid”, Beowulf”, “The Faerie Queen”, “Paradise Lost”, etc are famous epics of the world that show the national characters as archetypal models. India’s epics “Ramayana” and “Mahabharatha” are in the same line. “Mahabharatha” is the longest epic of the world. It contains one lakh lines. It shows the national identity of Indianess. Woman is shown as the epitome of life in “Mahabharatha”. Those who done wrong to woman will succumb to death is the main theme of “Mahabharatha”. There are many versions of “Mahabharatha” in the regional spheres of India. Although there are many “Mahabharata” books, “Villibharatam” is the first book in Tamil literature that extols the glory of Bharat. The story of “Villibharatam” depicts the destruction of the evil Kauravas and the rise of Draupadi. The tendency to examine a person's character through traits is an ancient trait and has been evinced in the form of epics. The traits of the women characters of “Villibharatam” is determined by how they act in respect of their elders, the duties they perform, as chaste women, in the royal environment, and the state of salvation at the end of life. The purpose of this research paper is to study the nature of activities performed by the women of “Villibharatam” from in their life.

Keywords

• epic
• villibharatham
• women characters
• characteristic traits.