Inbam

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Inbam is the third section of the ancient Tamil classic Tirukkural, focusing on love and the emotional aspects of human life.

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Label Occurrences
Inbam canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf part of Tirukkural ⓘ
section of literary work ⓘ
associatedWorkAuthor Thiruvalluvar ⓘ
belongsToTripartiteDivision Aram–Porul–Inbam ⓘ
linked to: Aram
canonicalStatus part of the Tamil Veda (Tirukkural) in Tamil tradition ⓘ
chapterLength 10 couplets per chapter ⓘ
contrastedWith Aram ⓘ
Porul ⓘ
culturalSignificance major classic of Tamil love ethics ⓘ
ethicalDimension moral conduct in love ⓘ
focusesOn conjugal love ⓘ
emotional aspects of human life ⓘ
love ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
follows Porul ⓘ
influenceOn Tamil love poetry ⓘ
later Tamil ethical literature ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
literaryForm didactic couplets ⓘ
moralAim to regulate and refine human love ⓘ
nameInTamil இன்பம் ⓘ
numberOfChapters 25 ⓘ
originalScript Tamil script ⓘ
partOf Tirukkural ⓘ
partOfLiteraryTradition Sangam literature tradition ⓘ
positionInWork third section of Tirukkural ⓘ
precedes none (final section) ⓘ
primaryAudience householders and lovers ⓘ
relatedConcept kama (in Indian aesthetic and ethical thought) ⓘ
religiousContext secular ethical literature ⓘ
structure chapters arranged in thematic order of love ⓘ
studiedIn South Asian ethics ⓘ
Tamil literary studies ⓘ
textType aphoristic poetry ⓘ
themes chastity ⓘ
discretion in love ⓘ
longing ⓘ
marital love ⓘ
patience in love ⓘ
pre-marital love ⓘ
separation in love ⓘ
union in love ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork estimated between 1st century BCE and 5th century CE ⓘ
totalCouplets 250 ⓘ
translatedAs Love ⓘ
Pleasure ⓘ

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

Kural → book3Title → Inbam ⓘ