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Title |
Pattuppāṭṭu : Text, Transliteration and Translations in English Verse and Prose prose |
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Author |
Dr A. Dakshinamurthy (Editor) |
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Publisher |
Chennai: Central Institute of Classical Tamil |
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Publish Year |
2023 |
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Language |
English |
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Book ISBN |
978-93-81744-16-1 (HB) |
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Number of Pages |
820 |
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Book Price |
Rs.1000.00 |
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About the Book:- |
Pattuppāţţu (Ten Idylls), a celebrated caņkam anthology, includes five ärruppatais, known as, Tirumurukärruppatai, Poruņarārruppatai, Cirupāņārruppatai, Perumpāņārruppatai, and Malaipatukatām. An arruppatai being a guide-poem in which an artist having received handsome gifts from a rich patron of arts meets a fellow-artist on his way back and directs him to the same patron describing the way to the chieftain's capital, the city, the love and affection of the patron, the royal feast given by him, the hospitality extended, the priceless presents and the leave-taking. Besides these, there are four poems pertaining to the four major genres: Kuriñci, (poetry of pre-marital love), mullai (poetry of idyllic love), pālai (song of separation in love), and neytal (song of despair in love). The tenth one is Maturaikkāñci, reported to be the poet's advice to the Pandya King, Nețunceliyan. Scholars have indicated some family likenesses among these ten idylls. Porunarārruppaţai, Perumpānārruppațai, Cirupāņārruppatai and Malaipatukatām are poems in which bards are directed to patrons of literature and art. Tirumurukärruppatai, an ārruppațai with a difference, does not refer to any patron but is intended to direct people to a god. All the ten long poems of this Cańkam anthology, which has fortunately survived the ravages of time, besides possessing an enduring aesthetic appeal, happen to be a mine of information helping us reconstruct the social and cultural life of the Tamils twenty centuries ago, for which, we do not have many reliable sources. |
