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Tamil Tradition and Performing Arts
Get PDFThough food, clothing and shelter are the basic needs of human beings, the ancient people followed a policy to pass on the culture, culture and traditions of man to the next generation. In order to reach out to people who were ignorant of literacy and outside life, the arts were developed primarily with entertainment. At first, art began to alleviate the physical and mental pain of the people. Later, the arts were well received by the people and later the artists used this as the main focus to formulate moral concepts and ways of life for the people. Tradition is an age-old way of life. Not only that, the life of the people was prosperous and they continue to preach good deeds through the arts to improve their morality till date. It is an ancient tradition that though people are in one place, they know what is happening in other places only through art. These arts are not merely a form of entertainment but also a testimony to the life of human beings. The importance of the people, the king, the country, etc., was an important part of the excellence of the arts during the Sangam Age. The purpose of this article is to see that such arts are part of the tradition and life of the Tamils
Dietary Guidelines from Acharakovai
Get PDFAcharakovai is one of the eleven sacred books exemplified in Tamil literature. This book summarizes the ethics of life according to scientific ethics. There are also moral messages that are essential for our daily life. In today's evolving environment, it is necessary to stop the food-based culture that we have changed and to reinvent our healthy eating habits. In order to implement this idea, this article primarily aims to make our society healthier by identifying the diets that prescribe etiquette
Eating patterns that show Acharakovai
Get PDFAsarakovai can be interpreted as a temple of good morals in moral texts. Through this book, this study examines the ways of eating food, the morals of what to do and what not to do while eating, the consequences of eating without knowing the proper way to eat, and the advantages and disadvantages of traditional eating habits
Periodic Dietary Changes
Get PDFFood is the basic necessity of living things. From ancient times till today man enjoys cooking and eating food in various ways. Taste plays a major role in it. If man had been eating only for hunger, it is doubtful whether there would have been so many changes in food. As a result of the importance of taste, there has been a change in diets over time. It is interesting to study the effects of this disease on human life
Dietetic Principles in Associational Literature
Get PDFIn today's rapidly growing world, the basic needs of humans such as food, clothing and shelter are undergoing major changes. Due to this change, many unknown diseases occur in humans and they suffer from poor health. Food is the basic need of all living things. The feeling of hunger is called pini. We eat many types of food to satisfy such hunger. Thus the food eaten varies from season to season. The Sangha period was one of the periods that underwent such changes. In today's time, we eat different types of fast food and get diseases. In this case, the purpose of this article is to try to know what kind of food our forefathers Tamils ate. Our Sangha literatures are the sources to know that. and methods in the life of Sangam people. Sangha literature, which is a mirror to show their morals, is the study of this article. This article deals with the news about nutrition as recorded in the Sangam literatures, Ettupaat and Patupat
Dietary principles of the Siddhas
Get PDFEating and feeding is a natural phenomena. The physical body gets fulfilled with the intake of food. Therefore food is the basic or essential need of a human being. Man has become mechanical in this industrial world. He is a slave taste. Man has distanced himself from the natural food and has got addicted to ‘fast food’. The needs of a man change from time to time. Right from the preparation food and till its consumption there are a lot of differences from individual to society. Fast food become a killer. The wrong food habit develops diseases and they in turn cause death. Therefore we need to very cautions with regard to food. The correct good food habit is to eat the vegetables, fruits and grains that are available at the seasons on earth. Man changes his choice of food only when he falls ill. Of all the food habits in India, the food habit of Tamils is considered to be the best. It contains sweet, sour, astringent, hot, salt and bitter tastes. This research is based on the concept of Saint Thiruvalluvar ‘Foot, the medicine’. (Thirukkural ch.95). Based on this, the descriptions of Sidhars is also taken for the research. If the seven different physical part zones of our body function well we call that man as ‘healthy’. One of the zones is digestive system. The intake of food is responsible for one’s character too
Palandamizhar food systems reflect from ancient Tamil literature of Purananuru
Get PDFPurananooru explains how mixed food systems are in the life of ancient Tamils, hospitality methods, dealing with guests, vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets, uses of food grains, and Tolkappiyar's evidence of feasting. This article deals with iguana meat, wild fowl- aral fish and mutton as non-vegetarian food. The use of Varaku rice as a staple food as a small grain food is explained
Eating Patterns in Tamil Literature
Get PDFOur forefathers used to eat good natural foods for the benefit of the body. Also, knowing how to eat food naturally, to cook it, to cook it, and to eat it shows that they lived in a healthy environment without disease, as food is medicine. Today we eat a lot of unhealthy foods in the name of civilization. This article tells us that in order to live a disease-free life, the Thai people knew well about the food they ate, knew what to eat and how to eat, and lived a happy and fulfilling life with good health
Food Eating Habits in Tamil Literature
Get PDFFood is essential for human survival. Without food, life cannot exist. That is why the Purananooru says that those who gave food were the givers of life
Millets in Paththupattu
Get PDFMillet has been the staple food of Tamils since time immemorial. We can know this from the references to millets in Sangha literary hymns. We can also find details about millet in the literature like Iruvi millet, Iridi called millet, Nuvani millet, Iruvi millet, Iridi small millet, and Nuvani millet. There are references to millets in the ten-fold texts, which contain a collection of Sanga literary hymns. This article explains them. It also explains the health benefits of millet and the status of millet use today