Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu () is a

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poetic work belonging to the

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(''Pathinenkilkanakku'') anthology of

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. This belongs to the 'post Sangam period' corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE. ''Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu'' contains fifty poems written by the poet Kannan Chenthanaar. The poems of ''Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu'' deal with ''agam'' (internal) subjects. ''Agam'' in the

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denotes the subject matters that deal with the intangibles of life such as human emotions, love, separation, lovers' quarrels, etc. The poems of ''Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu'' are categorised into ten poems for each of the five ''thinai'', or

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of Sangam poetry and describe in detail the situation and emotions specific to each landscape. The five landscapes of Sangam poetry are ''mullai'' – forest, ''kurinji'' – mountains, ''marutham'' – farmland, ''paalai'' – arid land and ''neithal'' – seashore.

References

* Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983) * http://tamilnation.org/literature/ * http://tamilnation.org/literature/pathinen/pm0027.pdf ''Thinaimozhi Aimpathu'' eText at Project madurai Sangam literature {{India-lit-stub