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Sangam
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Texts
Ainkurunuru — The Five Hundred Short Poems, Part I — MarutamFirst complete English translation of the Marutam section (poems 1–100) of the Ainkurunuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of classical Tamil Sangam literature. One hundred short love poems set in the agricultural landscape, exploring marriage, jealousy, infidelity, and reconciliation — translated from Tamil for the first time.Ainkurunuru — The Five Hundred Short Poems, Part II — NeytalFirst complete English translation of the Neytal section (poems 101–200) of the Ainkurunuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of classical Tamil Sangam literature. One hundred short love poems set in the coastal landscape, exploring waiting, separation, longing, and the ache of the absent beloved — translated from Tamil for the first time.Ainkurunuru — The Five Hundred Short Poems, Part III — KuriñciFirst complete English translation of the Kuriñci section (poems 201–300) of the Ainkurunuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of classical Tamil Sangam literature. One hundred short love poems set in the mountain landscape, exploring secret love, union, longing, and the enchantment of the hill country — translated from Tamil for the first time.Ainkurunuru — The Five Hundred Short Poems, Part IV — PālaiFirst complete English translation of the Pālai section (poems 301–400) of the Ainkurunuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of classical Tamil Sangam literature. One hundred short love poems set in the wasteland landscape, exploring separation, longing, departure, and the long road home — translated from Tamil for the first time.Ainkurunuru — The Five Hundred Short Poems, Part V — MullaiFirst complete English translation of the Mullai section (poems 401–500) of the Ainkurunuru, one of the Eight Anthologies of classical Tamil Sangam literature. One hundred short love poems set in the jasmine-forest landscape, exploring patient waiting, the monsoon's promise, the warrior's return, and reunion — translated from Tamil for the first time.Kuruntokai — The Short PoemsFirst-ever complete English translation of the Kuruntokai — 401 short love poems from classical Tamil Sangam literature (ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE). One of the Eight Anthologies. Translated from Tamil.The PurananuruThirty-four poems from the Purananuru — the great Tamil anthology of war, kingship, death, and wisdom, composed between the third century BCE and the third century CE. Good Works Translation from Sangam Tamil.ThirukkuralOne of the great ethical texts of the ancient world. 1,330 couplets on virtue, wealth, and love by Thiruvalluvar, c. 300–500 CE, translated from Classical Tamil by the New Tianmu Anglican Church.