Puranānūru

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Puranānūru is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, renowned for its verses on war, kingship, ethics, and the public life of early Tamil society.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Purananuru 9
Puranānūru canonical 2
புறநானூறு 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sangam literature work ⓘ
Tamil poetic anthology ⓘ
classical Tamil text ⓘ
associatedConcept puram genre ⓘ
associatedWithDynasties Chera ⓘ
linked to: Chera dynasty

Chola ⓘ
linked to: Chola dynasty

Pandya ⓘ
linked to: Pandya dynasty
collectionType anthology ⓘ
contains didactic verses ⓘ
elegies ⓘ
praise poems ⓘ
contrastedWith akam (interior) poetry ⓘ
culturalContext early Tamil society ⓘ
describes Tamil kings and chieftains ⓘ
ethical ideals ⓘ
patron–poet relationships ⓘ
social values ⓘ
warfare practices ⓘ
ethicalConcern duty of rulers toward subjects ⓘ
fame and honor in battle ⓘ
impermanence of life ⓘ
focus charity and generosity ⓘ
death and memorialization ⓘ
heroism and valor ⓘ
public and political life ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
geographicalContext ancient Tamilakam ⓘ
influence Tamil political thought ⓘ
later Tamil ethical literature ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryCategory puram (exterior) poetry ⓘ
literaryImportance important for study of ancient Tamil ethics ⓘ
key text for understanding Sangam age polity ⓘ
major source for early South Indian history ⓘ
literaryTradition Sangam literature ⓘ
meter classical Tamil meters ⓘ
numberOfPoems 400 ⓘ
partOf Ettuthokai ⓘ
period Sangam era ⓘ
preservation transmitted through palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
primaryThemes ethics ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
public life ⓘ
war ⓘ
regionOfOrigin present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
studiedIn South Asian history ⓘ
Tamil literary studies ⓘ
religious and ethical studies ⓘ
textType secular literature ⓘ
titleMeaning Four Hundred on the Exterior ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sangam literature → hasPart → Puranānūru ⓘ
Sangam literature → notableWork → Puranānūru ⓘ
Tamil literature → majorWork → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Ettuthokai → contains → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Tamilakam → mentionedIn → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Akananuru → contrastedWith → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Uthiyan Cheralathan → mentionedIn → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Sangam period → producedWork → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Mayon → mentionedIn → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Karikala Chola → mentionedIn → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
Velir chieftains → source → Purananuru ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru
எட்டுத்தொகை → consistsOf → புறநானூறு ⓘ
linked to: Puranānūru