Open AccessA Retrospective View of Asunam in Sangam Literature: The Animal or Bird?
Author(s) -
P Balasubramanian
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international research journal of tamil
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-1113
DOI - 10.34256/irjt2228
Subject(s) - tamil , creatures , poetry , literature , history , reading (process) , indian literature , perspective (graphical) , social science , art , sociology , archaeology , political science , law , visual arts , natural (archaeology)
Sangam literature is celebrated as the traditional literature of Tamil. Contemporary scholars are re-reading the Sangam literature from a new perspective over time. Sangam literature can be called a biodiversity volume when it comes to ecological thinking. The creators of the Sangam period have identified the land-based creatures of his time in poetry. Numerous of them became extinct over time or have been renamed. In particular, the article discusses the search for a creature called Asunam that has been spoken of in Sangam poems, the poetic record, and the commentary of the narrators.