அகப் பாடல்களில் மெய்ப்பாட்டியல் கோட்பாடுகள் / Principles of Realism in Agam Songs

The ancient and foundational texts of the Tamil language are Tolkappiyam and Sangam literature. Among them, Tolkappiyam defines the structure of the language and literature and Sanga literature portrays the life of the Sangam people. It also evinces the norms of certain arts that were at vogue. Among them, the section Meippatiyal is a part that combines drama and dance. It describes the state of acting according to the physical feelings of the body. It also explains the nature of the heroine (Thalaivi) in the inner (Agan) life. These sensations are not natural to all living beings but are peculiar characteristics of an intelligent individual. In the section Kalaviyal, it explains the emotions of the beloved and explains the emotional situations that are shown in the Meippatiyal section. In fact, Sangam literature consists of a lot of emotional states that indicates them. Since, these are essential features of the basic structure of literature; this is a feature that needs to be understood. Therefore, the literature of the Tamil language is based on the element of emotional stances to a certain extent. Hence, the article investigates on the emotional feelings as mentioned in the Sangam literature.