![]() Cilappatikāram Ĭilappatikāram also referred to as Silappathikaram or Silappatikaram, is the earliest Tamil epic. Theme and contents Ilango Adigal is the author of Silappatikaram, one of the five great epics of Tamil literature. Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi introduced long verses called virutha pa in Tamil literature, while Cilappatikāram used akaval meter (monologue), a style adopted from Sangam literature.Īfter Cilappatikaram, 6th or 7th century These five epics were written over a period of 5th to 10th century CE and act and provide historical information about the society, religions, culture and academic life of Tamil people over that period. Among these, the last two, Valayapathi and Kuṇṭalakēci are not extant. Earlier works like the 17th-century poem Tamil vidu thoothu mention the great epics as Panchkavyams. The titles are first mentioned in the late-18th-to-early-19th-century work Thiruthanikaiula. ![]() However, Mayilainathar does not mention their titles. Five large epics) occurs in Mayilainathar's commentary of Nannūl. The first mention of the Aimperumkappiyam (lit. Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, Cilappathikāram, and Valayapathi were written by Tamil Jains, while Manimekalai and Kuṇṭalakēci were authored by Buddhists. Three of the five great epics of Tamil literature are attributed to Tamil Jains, while two are attributed to Tamil Buddhists. They are Silappatikāram, Manimekalai, Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, Valayapathi and Kuṇṭalakēci. The Five Great Epics ( Tamil: ஐம்பெரும்காப்பியங்கள் Aimperumkāppiyaṅkaḷ) are five Tamil epics according to later Tamil literary tradition. Tamil epic poems Topics in Tamil literature
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