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Kār Nāṟpatu
கார் நாற்பது
About the Work
kārnāṟpatu contains forty quatrains in veṇpā metre. Its author is Maturaik Kaṇṇaṅkūttaṉār. The title of the poem means ‘forty stanzas on the rainy season’. These poems of akam love content belong to the mullaittiṇai (poems of the sylvan tract), the patient waiting of the heroine being the thematic core. As such, the space and time, and the flora and fauna are characteristic of the mullai tract. Again, these poems are in the form of utterances of the akam hero, heroine, hero’s confidant or the confidante of the heroine.
Digital Resources & Editions
6 editions| S.No | Details of the Book | Year | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kār Nāṟpatu with Commentary (Editor: Saṇmugasundara Mudaliyār, Publication: Maṭṭuvār Kuḻalampāḷ Press) | 1875 | Commentary | |
| 2 | Kār Nāṟpatu Text with K.R. Govindaraja Mudaliyar's Commentary (Publication: Madras Ribbon Acciyantiracālai, Chennai) | 1917 | Commentary | |
| 3 | Kār Nāṟpatu with Commentary (Editor: Parangippēttai Kō. Ramasamy Pillai; Publication: P.E. Press, Chennai) | 1918 | Commentary | |
| 4 | Kār Nāṟpatu Text with K.R. Govindaraja Mudaliyar's Commentary (Publication: Madras Ribbon Acciyantiracālai, Chennai) | 1924 | Commentary | |
| 5 | Kār Nāṟpatu Text with K.R. Govindaraja Mudaliyar's Commentary (Publication: Madras Ribbon Acciyantiracālai, Chennai) | 2012 | Translation | |
| 6 | Kār nāṟpatu mūlamum uraiyum (Editor: Parangipettai Co. Ramasamy Pillai; Publication: P.E. Printing Press, Chennai) | 1904 | Commentary |