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  • The Manimekalai builds on the characters of the oldest Tamil epic Silappatikaram (Tamil: சிலப்பதிகாரம்). It describes the story of Manimekalai, the beautiful...
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  • goddess Manimekalai, the titular character of the epic, first appears as the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi in a preceding Tamil epic Silappatikaram Manimekalai...
    638 bytes (108 words) - 02:38, 5 August 2023
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    bharatha natya dancer. Madhavi is one of the three main characters in Silappatikaram, along with Kannagi and Kovalan. Madhavi was the daughter of a dancer...
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    Purananuru (dated 200 BCE–300 CE), the twin epics of Silappatikaram (dated 6th century CE) and Manimekalai, and the Alvar literature of Kulasekhara Alvar,...
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    lit. "the Tale of an Anklet"), also referred to as Silappathikaram or Silappatikaram, is the earliest Tamil epic. It is a poem of 5,730 lines in almost entirely...
    52 KB (6,623 words) - 06:34, 18 July 2024
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    reached Tamilakam, the twin epics of ancient Tamil Nadu Silappatikaram (5–6th century CE) and Manimekalai (6th century CE) were written, speaking of Naga Nadu...
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    provincial words. Manimekalai written as the sequel to the Silappatikaram by the Buddhist poet Chithalai Chathanar, narrates the tale of Manimekalai, the daughter...
    64 KB (6,892 words) - 02:28, 13 July 2024
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    epics according to later Tamil literary tradition. They are Silappatikāram, Manimekalai, Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. Three of the...
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  • works such as the famed post-Sangam Tamil works: Tirukkural, Silappatikaram and Manimekalai. The Tamil legend about Kannagi (Kannaki), one who tore of her...
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    Kovalan (category Characters in Silappatikaram)
    Ilango Adigal's Silappatikaram, one of the ancient Tamil epics. Father : Machattuvan Wife  : Kannagi Lover  : Madhavi Daughter : Manimekalai (Mother: Madhavi)...
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    Kannagi (category Characters in Silappatikaram)
    more extended version appears in the post-Sangam era Tamil epic in Silappatikaram ("Epic of the Anklet). Kannagi was the daughter of the merchant and...
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    based on the descriptions in two ancient Sangam epics, the Silappatikaram and the Manimekalai. The book is considered to be a classic and as one of the...
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  • Topics in Tamil literature Sangam Literature Five Great Epics Silappatikaram Manimekalai Civaka Cintamani Valayapathi Kundalakesi The Five Minor Epics...
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    Topics in Tamil literature Sangam Literature Five Great Epics Silappatikaram Manimekalai Civaka Cintamani Valayapathi Kundalakesi The Five Minor Epics...
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    verses in this book. The five Tamil epics Seevaka-chintamani, Silappatikaram, Manimekalai, Kundalakesi and Valayapathi are collectively known as The Five...
    57 KB (7,156 words) - 10:19, 8 August 2024
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    Topics in Tamil literature Sangam Literature Five Great Epics Silappatikaram Manimekalai Civaka Cintamani Valayapathi Kundalakesi The Five Minor Epics...
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    Topics in Tamil literature Sangam Literature Five Great Epics Silappatikaram Manimekalai Civaka Cintamani Valayapathi Kundalakesi The Five Minor Epics...
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    vikkantām ettassāti Accutavikkanto). The early twin Tamil epics Silappatikaram (Jaina) and Manimekalai (Buddhist) were written under the patronage of the Kalabhras...
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    epics according to later Tamil literary tradition, the others being Manimekalai, Silappadikaram, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. In its form, it anticipates...
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    Ilango Adigal (category Silappatikaram)
    (who had an affair with Kovalan in Cilappatikaram), named Manimekalai. Although Manimekalai's mother was Madhavi, she worshipped goddess Pattini (Kannaki...
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