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Velliveedhiyar
Velliveethiyār (Tamil language, Tamil: வெள்ளிவீதியார்) was a poet of the late Sangam period, to whom 14 verses of the Sangam literature have been attributed, including verse 23 of the Tiruvalluva Maalai. Biography Velliveedhiyar hailed from the Pandya Kingdom. She lived in the Velliambala Veedhi area of Madurai and came to be known thus. She remained separated from her husband, who left her and spent her remaining life in search of him. Many of her verses reflected her poignant lived experience. The verses are rife with feministic psychological thoughts. Verses in Agananuru nos. 45 and 362 describes Athimanthi's quest of her husband and the battle that ensued on the lopping off by Anni of Thithian's branches of punnai in Kurukkai field and Vanavaramban's power in destroying fortresses. Velliveeedhiyar is also praised for her simile of the tiger's nail to the deep-rd murukku-bud. She has been described by Avvaiyar (Sangam poet), Avvaiyar, who describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sangam Poets
Sangam refers to the assembly of the highly learned people of the ancient Tamil land, with the primary aim of advancing the literature. There were historically three Sangams. With the details of the first two Sangams remaining obscure, all the available Sangam works come from the Third Sangam, which began sometime around 1500 BCE. It is said to have lasted 1850 years, until around 300 CE, with 449 poets contributing under the patronage of 49 Pandyan kings. However, only the works of the last 800 years of the Sangam period () have been retrieved and others are believed to have been lost. List of Sangam poets Below is a list of poets of the Third Sangam period: See also * Third Sangam * Sangam landscape The Sangam landscape (Tamil: அகத்திணை "inner classification") is the name given to a poetic device that was characteristic of love poetry in classical Tamil Sangam literature. The core of the device was the categorisation of poe ... References Further r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |