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Tirikaṭukam
திரிகடுகம்
About the Work
The author of Tirikaṭukam is Nallātaṉār. It contains 100 stanzas excluding the invocatory verse. It is composed in veṇpā metre. The poem takes its name from three medicinal substances – dried ginger, black pepper and long pepper – which are good for human health. Similarly, the three ideas are ethical principals in postulated in each verse are intended to help strengthen the moral fibre of a human being. 66 verses speak of such objectives of human pursuit affirmatively, while the remaining 34 put forth negative values of life (= things that are harmful to human life). Each verse has the refrain ‘these three’ in the third line referring to these objectives.
Digital Resources & Editions
3 editions| S.No | Details of the Book | Year | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tirikaṭukam with Tirukkōṭṭiyūr Irāmānucācāriyār's Commentary (Editor: Sadasiva Pillai; Publication: Varttamāṉataraṅkiṇī Cākai Press, Cheṉṉapaṭṭaṇam) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 2 | Tirikaṭukam with Tirukkōṭṭiyūr Irāmānucācāriyār's Commentary (Editor: Viswanāta Piḷḷai; Publication: Vittiyānupālaṉayantiracālai, Cheṉṉapaṭṭaṇam) | 1920 | Commentary | |
| 3 | Tirikaṭukam (Text, Transliteration and Translations in English Verse and Prose) (Compiler and Editor: T.N. Ramachandran; Publication: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai) | 2012 | Translation |