Open AccessThe Buddhism Morality in The Epic Manimekalai
Author(s) -
M Hemalatha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international research journal of tamil
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-1113
DOI - 10.34256/irjt20313
Subject(s) - humanity , cruelty , buddhism , epic , doctrine , morality , poetry , philosophy , environmental ethics , human being , literature , sociology , law , art , theology , epistemology , political science
Manimekalai is one of the five biggest epics. Its religious principle denotes that love and charity are the two eyes of the human life. Love all the human beings in the earth is the major principle of Buddhism. Live without any desire is the noble principle of Manimekalai. The highest altitude and goal of this poetry is Love. Restoration and realization of mankind is the highest doctrine of humanity. We realize the social outlook and voice of humanity by the author Saathanar in this manimekalai epic. The author registered the cruelty of hunger by the character "Theeva Thilakai".