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Life Virtues of the Ancient Tamils in Akananuru
Get PDFAkananuru shows up the life virtues of the ancient Tamil people. In this way Sangam literary works are loaded with moral values. Sangam period is the golden age for Tamil people and is the best literature of Tamil. Sangam literature includes Ettuthogai and Patthupaatu. This literature presents the life and history of the ancient Tamil people. It was composed by 473 poets; this collection contains 26,350 lines and 2,387 hymns. When the Tamil people starts to follow good deeds in their life, automatically their life will stabilize. In this way, Akananuru becomes a treasure that regulates life. It was compiled by Urithrasanmanar, son of Madurai Uppurikudikilar. Compiled by Pandyan Ukura Peruvaluthi. It ranges from 13 feet to 31 feet. This book is also known as Nedunthogai, Perunthogai Nanuru, Agappaatu. In this article the dignity of women and their virtues are important. The article also determines women’s high quality of chastity. Our ancient couples were the ones who lived a wholehearted life. The husband and wife enjoyed themselves by giving food and entertaining the guests and no estrangement between them. The ancient Tamils enjoyed sharing food with others. Their family life is filled with love and virtue. Giving to the bereaved is also a form of charity. The ancient Tamil people who lived with the principle that action is the life of a man, valued materialism as one of the duties. They managed a beautiful household with the material obtained through great effort. Friendship is more important for them than life. They lived in harmony without showing hatredness
Eco-Friendly Virtue of Kurinjith Thinai as shown in Kuruntthokai
Get PDFThis article deals with the study of environmental ethics on the basis of the principle of ecology, which deals with the higher ideas expressed in the Kurinjith Thinai songs of the Sangam literature. One of the Sangam pieces of literature, the Kuruntthokai, contains a plethora of elements of ecological theory. Ecology is a field that deals with the natural environment and artificial environment around us. The main objective of this department is to explain the relationship between living and non-living factors and to prevent the destruction of the living environment by avoiding artificial life and taking up natural life. The Kuruntthokai explains the life of the people living in the five kinds of lands. Thus, the purpose of this article is to bring out ideas about the ecological ethics found in the hilly and mountainous Kurinjith Thinai
Women's Legacy in the Bible
Get PDFEvery poet and storyteller sing a poem and writes story comparing women to Pushpam, means flower. There are many kinds of flowers, each with different speciality. Their colours and smells are different. Similarly, every woman created by God has different qualities and nature. Even in the Bible, each story portrays women in a different form with different characteristics. But only some flowers attract human attention. Many kind of flowers that grow in the forest bloom and wither, no one is there to take care of it. No one enjoys its beauty, and no one consumes its fragrance. However, God does not refuse to give beauty and fragrance to it. The Lord Jesus Christ tells us to observe how the wild flowers grow. If God takes care of them, will He not take care of humans? Every woman in the scripture’s blossoms like a flow and God uses them for a good purpose. This article explains about the women’s legacy in the Bibl
Virtues in Pathinenkeelkanaku text
Get PDFTamil is a language of great antiquity, rich in literature, moral ideas and sweetness. Nannul says virtue, material, pleasure and home are important for a man to lead his life happily. Eleven books out of eighteen books (Pathinenkeelkanaku text) in Tamil literature are books of virtue. Virtue is a knowledge-based philosophy of living by thinking of good deeds that bring as much benefit as possible to all human beings during their lifetime. Morality removes the selfish thoughts of a man and leads him to live a happiest life. All these eleven books of virtue consist of many moral ideas that are helpful for human beings. This article examines the overall virtues in the text and has presented the special features in them
Worshiping Nature in Sangam Literature
Get PDFRituals in human life are a socio-cultural phenomenon that occurs from birth to death. Ritualistic concepts of worship play an important role in all these events. 'Worship' is an activity deeply rooted in human faith. Through Sangam literature we can know that worshiping nature is an important activity in all kinds of events that happens in human life. Rituals may have originated before the concept of God or Lord. These rituals are performed based on faith, belief and customs
Jain Buddhist Virtue in Purananuru
Get PDFThe Indian philosophy is based on the Vedas, and based on these Vedas, philosophies are divided into Vedic-accepting and Vedic-rejecting philosophies. These are called Vedic and Avedic philosophies respectively. It is a constant argument of scholars that Indian philosophies based on the Vedas are antiquated. Sangyam, Yogam, Nyayam, Vaisedigam, Purvamimamsa, Utiramimamsa, Buddhism, Jainism, Asivakam are the Avedic philosophies. This article is to find out how these anti-vedic philosophies and Jain Buddhist religious values have been influenced in purananuru
Teacher-student Relationship in the eyes of Nannool Creator Pavananthi Munivar
Get PDFIn the modern context of slowly and gradually slackening the teacher-student relationship, it is the need of the hour to reconstruct the pedagogical thinking of the Nannool Creator Pavananthi Munivar about the teacher-student. He has described the virtues of the teacher, and student, as well as the method of listening and learning, by comparing them with simple life practices. When teachers and students imbibe this idea well, the relationship between them becomes healthy and appreciated. The teacher-student relationship will be considered sacred if teachers and students improve themselves in keeping with the emerging technological developments and act as if they are a torchbearer without getting too close to each other and not getting too far away from each other. The author's classification of teachers and students and comparing them with simple practical evidence reveals his psychological insight. When this area is subjected to multidisciplinary research, it will be useful for the development of the teacher and the student
Relationship in Thiruvasagam
Get PDFThe universe is bound by a law of gravitation, attracted by a binding force, and is moving. The creatures that have arisen within it from time immemorial are also operating because of a bond of love and affection that has developed between them. Even the five-sense animals begin to live together and cherish their families and their offspring. Man is no exception to this. A man with the knowledge of thinking understands his every emotion, maintains and cherishes its relations, and lives in harmony with society. These relations have remained unchanged from time immemorial to the Tamils and continue to this day. From the Sangam literature to modern literature, no other literature has spoken as much about human relations as the bhakti literature. Thus, the purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between God and Manickavasagar in Thiruvasagam
Family in Solo Collection
Get PDFMan enjoys living as a society. He realized that the whole of his life is to live around relationships. Marriage lays the foundation for living as a family. Love, character, and giving up will not only make the life of both husband and wife but also the family live. On the contrary, externality and immorality make life miserable. Just as marriage determines one's social status, so the singularity of relationships also determines well-being. Contradictions cause misery and destruction. The benefit of wealth can be embraced. This is one of the duties of engaging in domesticity. Feasting and offering something to each other are also family natures. These are also the defining elements of human culture
Women's View in Street and Lamenting Songs
Get PDFLamenting songs are one of the genres in Tamil literature. Music is intertwined in the life of the village people. Lamennting songs are sung to express the feeling of sorrow that arises in one's heart when a mother, father, husband, child, sibling or relative dies. People who do not know about the history of the dead people they can learn about the dead person’s history through those songs. A musical instrument known as Roar is played in death house. The sound of roar announces the death news in society. The same custom is seen in the streets. The street songs are intertwined with the roar music. This article brings out the hidden lamenting songs of street artists. In addition, we see that the relationship between the artists and the context of the story is revealed through comparison. Also, dictionary description of lamenting, lamenting in literature, structure of street songs is described in this article