Culamani
Appearance
Topics in Tamil literature | ||
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Sangam Literature | ||
Five Great Epics | ||
Silappatikaram | Manimekalai | |
Civaka Cintamani | Valayapathi | |
Kundalakesi | ||
The Five Minor Epics | ||
Neelakesi | Culamani | |
Naga Kumara Kaviyam | Udayana Kumara Kaviyam | |
Yashodhara Kaviyam | ||
Bhakti Literature | ||
Naalayira Divya Prabandham | Kamba Ramayanam | |
Tevaram | Tirumurai | |
Tamil people | ||
Sangam | Sangam landscape | |
Tamil history from Sangam literature | Ancient Tamil music | |
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Sulamani or Culamani is one of the five minor epic poems of Sangham literature. It was written by Jain scholar Tolamoli Thevar.[1] It is written in viruttam metre similar to Cintamani.[2] It doesn't have a major plot[3] and it is written in 12 cantos with 2131 quatrains.[4]
References
- ^ Division, Publications. INDIA: SOCIETY RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2191-1.
- ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (2005). A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular. Sahitya Akademi. p. 78. ISBN 978-81-260-2171-0.
- ^ Arunachalam, M. (1974). An Introduction to the History of Tamil Literature. Gandhi Vidyalayam. p. 111.
- ^ Pillai, M. S. Purnalingam (1904). A Primer of Tamil Literature. Ananda Press. p. 77.