That are a central element of classical Tamil poetry. It reorders the sequencing of landscapes and matching lovers' moods 4).Ī marker of the text's distinctiveness and coherence is that I would argue that theseįive brilliant formed a short-lived atelier" (p. Had a specific plan in mind, and that the compiler carried out theĬommissioner's orders to the letter. It is clear from the way in which it is assembled that its commissioner The structure of the text as a whole is deliberate, and Its compiler was Pula-t-turai Murriya Kutalur The Airikurunreu is, inįact, not an 'anthology' in the same way in which its sisterĪnthologies are. Know from the colophon that the text was a ara imperial commission and Selby arguesĬonvincingly for the special coherence of the Aitikurunuru: "We To 150-200 poets each for the other collections. Number of poets who contributed to the anthology-only five, as compared It is also set apart from these anthologies by the small Narrinai, and the Akananuru, as well as the collection of poems of war, The three collections of love poems entitled the Kuruntokai, the The Ainkurunuru is longer than the other early classicalĬollections of Tamil poetry, which contain 400 poems apiece, including This anthology is one of theĮarliest five of the eight anthologies of poetry that constitute theįirst literature in Tamil, dating between the first and third centuriesĬ.E. Provides us with a complete, updated translation of the Ainkurunuru, aĬlassical Tamil anthology of love poetry.
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