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Cultivation Techniques and Food Culture in Sangam Literature
Get PDFThe cultivation of the people during the Sangam Age was in harmony with nature and was very intricate. In this way, millet, varagu, horse gram, black gram, lentil (moong gram) and sesame have been sown according to the season and harvested. They also lived a disease free life by eating food grains grown in harmony with nature
Sangam periods foods and food Processing
Get PDFFood is the lifeline of man. Without rain, there is no food. Without food, there is no human society. The lines "Those who gave food are those who gave life" emphasize the importance of food. The people of the Sangam Age ate a variety of natural foods. They ate daily cooked and raw. In Purananooru, we can see the news that kings came to alleviate the poverty of the poets who came to them and gave great relief to the soldiers who fought in the battlefield. This article examines the food of the people of the Sangam Age and their food preservation methods
Impact of Carnivore Diet in Sangam Age
Get PDFMeat was a significant part of the diet of the people of the Sangam Age. It is a law of human emancipation that this meal continued to be a remnant of the hunting food of the primitive tribes. During the Sangam age, meat was served according to the wishes of the guests. People have eaten that food in large quantities. There are references in the Sangam texts that this diet was socially approved. The purpose of this article is to show how the influence of such carnivorous foods is recorded in the Sangam texts
Rice in Sangam Tamil Food
Get PDFSince the Sangam Age, our people have been giving importance to food. Rice is one of the most important and important food items. It is also known that rice rice was cooked and eaten by the first varieties of rice. It is also known from Sangam literature that they cooked rice rice and ate it as Pori, tamarind rice and milk rice knowing the taste of rice. The Greeks who exported rice in ancient Tamil Nadu called it 'Arusa', which became 'Rice' in English. Though the word 'rice' is so old, the form 'Ari' is found in the old Tamil dictionary 'Pingalandai'. Tulu, one of the Dravidian languages, also has the form of 'Ari'. In Malayalam, rice is still referred to as 'Ari' and hence 'Ali' is the earliest form of Tamil. They threshed the paddy and obtained rice from it. In Purananuru there is a report that dried paddy was made into strips and fed to elephants. This article will be aimed at introducing the way in which the Sangam people have cooked and eaten rice food
Tamil Food and Medical Thought
Get PDFThe Tamil community, which is the civilization, language, art and culture of the world, was the first intellectual race to cook. The food that people eat has a great influence on their health. We can protect our health by following traditional food studies and natural food systems. The principle that food is medicine and medicine is food is said to be the principle here. Traditional natural foods such as rice, pulses, vegetables, greens, fruits, flowers, herbs, all these are found in the Tamil diet. The idea that the body should grow and the life should grow in the medical system and this article includes many aspects such as diseases, their prediction, medicine, health and defense system, food, disease-free body maintenance
Tamil Literature Cooking Medicine - Food
Get PDFTamil literature and its contents contain news about Tamil medicine from time to time. Thirumoolar says that I raised my body and raised my life. Food is important for body growth. This review article explains the status and use of food in various types of Tamil literature such as Sangha Literature, Eighteenth Count books, Kappiyams and proverbs, which appeared as Tamil medicine and gained high status as Siddha medicine
Sanga Ilakkiyaththil Unavukkanikal
Get PDFFood is one of the basic needs of man. Food is essential for survival. The Manimekalai and the Purananuru mention that those who gave food were the givers of life. Thus, food is of many kinds. Everything that satisfies hunger is called food. The people of the Sangam Age ate good food and lived happily for many years. Organic foods are found in abundance in the foods that led to their prosperous life. Among them, fruits occupy the most significant place. In this way, this paper is a study of the fruits used as food fruits like Thudari fruit, Kalampazha, Karai fruit, Gooseberry, Jamun and Jackfruit which were used as food fruits in the life of the people of the Sangam Age
Role of food in Vegetarianism
Get PDFIn Thiruthonda Purana composed by Sekizhar, the Nayanmars' deeds to Shiva are talked about. They have done charity to Shiva in various ways. From reciting Srirutram to donating skins for temple musical instruments, they are charitable in many ways. Sekizhar compiles all of them in one place. One of the charities they did was feeding Shivanati. They have done this widely. This article seeks to answer the questions of how feeding philanthropy participated in the efforts to construct vegetarianism as a miracle, and what were the consequences. This article proceeds with the hypothesis that the virtue of eating is emphasized in the Palandami literature, but it has greatly benefited the construction of Saivaism during the Sekijar period
Ritual Foods of Folk Deities
Get PDFPeople considered rituals to be very necessary to get benefits in life. To get rain and grow crops, to get tubers, to have good hunting, to avoid natural calamities like storms and earthquakes, they performed rituals and prepared food for the deities (Vanamamalai 191). They provide all that. The ritual foods offered to the deities vary from place to place, caste to caste, religion to religion, agriculture, seasons, environment etc. In this article, we will see the role of food in the rituals offered to the gods by the people of the land
Dietary Reconstruction in Ancient Societies
Get PDFNext to air and water, basic human food is very important in human life. The purpose of the study is to find out that food habits have not undergone any change from Sangam period to modern times, how people cooked food in ancient times, and to what extent village food habits and natural food habits can be adjusted according to our tradition