Natrinai

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Natrinai is an ancient Tamil poetic anthology of the Sangam era, comprising short love poems that explore themes of romance, nature, and human emotion.

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Label Occurrences
Natrinai canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sangam literature work ⓘ
Tamil poetic anthology ⓘ
classical Tamil literature text ⓘ
associatedLandscape kurinji ⓘ
marutham ⓘ
mullai ⓘ
neithal ⓘ
palai ⓘ
associatedWith agam (interior) poetic tradition ⓘ
authorship composed by various Sangam poets ⓘ
collectionType anthology of multiple poets ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Tamil society ⓘ
culturalSignificance important text in classical Tamil canon ⓘ
key source for early Tamil culture ⓘ
focus emotional states of heroine and hero ⓘ
inner life of lovers ⓘ
genre akam poetry ⓘ
love poetry ⓘ
hasForm monolingual Tamil text ⓘ
influence later Tamil love poetry ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryDevice imagery drawn from nature ⓘ
symbolic use of landscapes ⓘ
literaryForm classical Tamil akaval metre ⓘ
literaryPeriod Sangam era ⓘ
literaryTradition Sangam corpus ⓘ
linked to: Sangam literature
partOf Ettuthokai ⓘ
poemCount 400 ⓘ
poemLength short poems ⓘ
preservation transmitted through palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
preservedIn medieval commentarial tradition ⓘ
primaryTheme human emotions ⓘ
nature ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
region ancient Tamilakam ⓘ
relatedWorkGroup Sangam akam anthologies ⓘ
linked to: Sangam literature
script Tamil script ⓘ
studiedFor early Tamil poetics ⓘ
history of Tamil love conventions ⓘ
studiedIn Tamil literary studies ⓘ
subjectMatter love in different landscapes ⓘ
lovers’ separation and union ⓘ
social customs related to love ⓘ
textType secular literature ⓘ
timePeriod circa early centuries CE ⓘ
usesPoeticConvention thinai (landscape) classification ⓘ

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

Sangam literature → hasPart → Natrinai ⓘ
Ettuthokai → contains → Natrinai ⓘ
Sangam period → producedWork → Natrinai ⓘ