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Nirmala Sitharaman quotes Tamil poem in her Budget speech; here is what it means While delivering her maiden Budget, Nirmala Sitharaman quoted a verse from the poem ‘Purananuru', a Tamil Sangam-era literature piece which deals with the life of a King.
English is a mere tool which could help Tamils to learn the original Tamil poems. I have also written ‘eliya Tamil urai' for some Kurunthokai, Ainkurunuru, Natrinai, Akananuru, Kalithokai and Purananuru poems. I have also written ‘eliya Tamil urai' for Mullaippaattu and Nedunalvaadai.
வணக்கம்,
Please learn the Sangam poems if you want to know your heritage as a Tamil. These poems reveal the sophisticated ancient Tamil culture of over 2,000 years ago. The literature is a record of Tamil Nadu history of about 500 – 600 years.
Purananuru - Part 187. Whether you grow rice or whether you are a forest. All poems are shown free of charge for educational purposes only in accordance with fair use guidelines. If we have inadvertently included a copyrighted poem that the copyright holder does not wish to be displayed, we will take the poem down.
Our ancestors who wrote the Sangam poems were geniuses. There are 18 books. They have left this incredible treasure for all of us to enjoy. We as Tamils are very lucky to have inherited their poetry. With some effort, all of us can learn and enjoy these poems. In A.K. Ramanujan's words 'Even one's own tradition is not one's birthright; it has to be earned, repossessed'. 
In addition to translation, I have given meanings which will help to learn. I have deliberately translated into easy, contemporary English so that the reader can learn the original Tamil poems easily. English is a mere tool which could help Tamils to learn the original Tamil poems. I have also written ‘eliya Tamil urai' for some Kurunthokai, Ainkurunuru, Natrinai, Akananuru, Kalithokai and Purananuru poems. I have also written ‘eliya Tamil urai' for Mullaippaattu and Nedunalvaadai. Please buy the Tamil urai books written by our great scholars (நச்சினார்க்கினியர், ஒளவை துரைசாமி, உ. வே. சாமிநாதையர், பொ. வே. சோமசுந்தரனார், அருள் அம்பலவாணர், பின்னத்தூர் அ. நாராயணசாமி ஐயர், இரா. இராகவையங்கார், தி. சதாசிவ ஐயர், அ. தட்சிணாமூர்த்தி, கு. வெ. பாலசுப்ரமணியன்). That is the best way to learn these lovely poems and know our past.
Please contact me if you need to know more about the urai books written by these scholars – kavini100@gmail.com.
This is a one person effort. Kindly share this site with friends and family. You need to get my permission to put my translations in any book or internet site. I update my work constantly, add more details, valuable references, grammar notations and cross references in the Notes section. If you download, please update your files at least once a month. 
A.K. Ramanujan wrote, 'These poem are ‘classical,' i.e., early, ancient; they are also ‘classics,' i.e., works that have stood the test of time, the founding works of a whole tradition. Not to know them is not to know a unique and major poetic achievement of Indian civilization'.

In addition to Sangam, I have also translated the following to English, with meanings – முத்தொள்ளாயிரம், பாண்டிக்கோவை, திருக்குறள், 6 பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு அக நூல்கள்.
Here are my other sites:
1. முத்தொள்ளாயிரம் – https://muthollaayiram.wordpress.com
2. பாண்டிக்கோவை – https://pandikkovai.wordpress.com
3. திருக்குறள் – https://thirukkuralinenglish.wordpress.com
4. ஆறு பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு அக நூல்கள் – https://pathinenkeelkanakku.wordpress.com (திணைமாலை நூற்றைம்பது, திணை மொழி ஐம்பது, ஐந்திணை எழுபது, ஐந்திணை ஐம்பது, கார் நாற்பது, கைந்நிலை)
5. Tagore's Gitanjali translation – https://gitanjaliintamil.wordpress.com
6. மாணிக்கவாசகரின் திருக்கோவையார் – https://thirukkovaiyaar.wordpress.com
7. Data from Sangam Literature – https://sangamliteraturefacts.wordpress.com (Lists of fauna, flora, towns in ancient Tamil Nadu, kings, poets, reference to non-Tamils, occupations, food etc.)
8. Excerpts from the research articles of Iravatham Mahadevan regarding the Indus Valley Civilization – keezhadiandindusvalleycivilization.com (a site that will have the key points of the research of Asko Parpola in the coming weeks)
9. Sangam Poems that are reflected in Divyaprabandham (I have listed many. There are still more to be listed) -https://sangamanddivyaprabandham.com/
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நன்றி.
Vaidehi Herbert
Hawaii, U.S. A.
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book excerptise: a book unexamined is wasting trees 
The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil, the PurananuruGeorge L. (tr.) Hart and Hank Heifetz (tr.)Hart, George L. (tr.); Hank Heifetz (tr.);
The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil, the Purananuru
Columbia University Press, 2002, 320 pages
Canon mf4800 driver download for mac. ISBN 0231115636, 9780231115636
topics: | poetry | tamil | india-ancient | translation
reviewPurananuru is an anthology of old Tamil poetry, the oldest of theeight Sangam anthologies. Literally, the title means four hundred puRamsongs - i.e. songs of the exterior - largely praising warriors, war, andalso elegies to the dead. The four hundred poems are composed by more than 150poets dating from between the first and third centuries C.E. Written inold Tamil, this literary anthology had already been stabilized by the 3dc. CE, before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. It forms part ofthe extensive Sangam Literature (poetry) dating from 300BC to 300AD.
puRam poetry: seven tinaisWhat is interesting is that by the 1st c. CE, around when most of thesepoems were composed, there was already a flourishing literary traditionwith entrenched conventionalized categories, which were listed in thetolkAppiyam, composeed around 2nd c. CE. Avery software download for mac. At the highest level, shortpoetry forms could be in akam and puRam (interior and exterior)categories. Each class had its entrenched forms; thus akam dealt withthemes of love and were in the formof a monologue to a lover or a friend; puRam poetry was often about warand addressed a real king. Within each class there were severalmodalities; thus the analysis of the poetic moods in puRam poetry isclassified into seven moods or tinai (lit. place, but in this context,more of a mood, also called punn, tamil for rAga). These seven arelisted in the tolkAppiyam as:
Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning Hindi1. veTci : prelude to war, cattle raid; [akam counterpart: kuRiNci: night, on a mountain]2. vāNchi : preparation for war, start of invasion, and recovery of cattle. [akam counterpart: mullai; rainy season, meadowland]3. uLiNai : siege; defense of fort [akam counterpart: marutam]4. thumpai pitched battle, [akam counterpart: neytal]. evening, grief5. vākai : victory. [akam_ pAlai]6. kānchi : transience of the world7. Pātān : praise of kings, elegy, asking for gifts
Even the metaphors had conventionalized schemes of signification. Ofcourse, the analysis developed over the centuries, and by the time theanthologies of sangam literature were compiled (c. 8th century), therewere more elaborate forms. But what is striking to the modern reader isthat, as in China, by the first centuries CE, not only had these largebody of poems been composed, but there was a poetic sensibility refinedenough to order these into genres of akam and puRam and then thesemany tenai or mood categories. Clearly this is the tip of a mucholder oral tradition that persisted for many centuries in Tamil verse.Further, a large number of the Sangam poems were translated later intoSanskrit and may have also influenced tropes in classical sanskritpoetry.
War and drinkingIn terms of content, it is interesting to note the extent to which thepoems are soaked through with toddy. The warrior king is foreverindulging in his favourite toddy, made from palm, mohua flowers andother fruits. It is regularly drunk before battles (poem #292) and tofight off 'shivers and chills' (#304). Strong liquor is clearly moreheroic ('aged toddy strong as the sting of a scorpion', #392). Afterdrink, the warrior-king becomes more generous with his gifts(123), and a shared drink is a sign of bonding (290), etc.A couple of poems mention wine, which was brought to them by theyavanas (greeks). Download paint program for mac. Almost one in four poems has one of the words'toddy', or 'liquor'.
The translationsExcerptsAuvaiyar : Purananuru #91Auvaiyar: The spare axle #102Alternate translation by AK Ramanujan: A Young ChieftainKapilar for King Pari #107Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning TamilKapilar for King Pari #118

In addition to Sangam, I have also translated the following to English, with meanings – முத்தொள்ளாயிரம், பாண்டிக்கோவை, திருக்குறள், 6 பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு அக நூல்கள்.
Here are my other sites:
1. முத்தொள்ளாயிரம் – https://muthollaayiram.wordpress.com
2. பாண்டிக்கோவை – https://pandikkovai.wordpress.com
3. திருக்குறள் – https://thirukkuralinenglish.wordpress.com
4. ஆறு பதினெண்கீழ்க்கணக்கு அக நூல்கள் – https://pathinenkeelkanakku.wordpress.com (திணைமாலை நூற்றைம்பது, திணை மொழி ஐம்பது, ஐந்திணை எழுபது, ஐந்திணை ஐம்பது, கார் நாற்பது, கைந்நிலை)
5. Tagore's Gitanjali translation – https://gitanjaliintamil.wordpress.com
6. மாணிக்கவாசகரின் திருக்கோவையார் – https://thirukkovaiyaar.wordpress.com
7. Data from Sangam Literature – https://sangamliteraturefacts.wordpress.com (Lists of fauna, flora, towns in ancient Tamil Nadu, kings, poets, reference to non-Tamils, occupations, food etc.)
8. Excerpts from the research articles of Iravatham Mahadevan regarding the Indus Valley Civilization – keezhadiandindusvalleycivilization.com (a site that will have the key points of the research of Asko Parpola in the coming weeks)
9. Sangam Poems that are reflected in Divyaprabandham (I have listed many. There are still more to be listed) -https://sangamanddivyaprabandham.com/
(I AM SORRY THAT ADS. ARE APPEARING ON MY SITES. TO GET RID OF THEM, I HAVE TO PAY A MONTHLY FEE.
I DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT SINCE I HAVE MANY WORDPRESS SITES).
நன்றி.
Vaidehi Herbert
Hawaii, U.S. A.
– © All Rights Reserved
book excerptise: a book unexamined is wasting trees 
The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil, the PurananuruGeorge L. (tr.) Hart and Hank Heifetz (tr.)Hart, George L. (tr.); Hank Heifetz (tr.);
The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil, the Purananuru
Columbia University Press, 2002, 320 pages
Canon mf4800 driver download for mac. ISBN 0231115636, 9780231115636
topics: | poetry | tamil | india-ancient | translation
reviewPurananuru is an anthology of old Tamil poetry, the oldest of theeight Sangam anthologies. Literally, the title means four hundred puRamsongs - i.e. songs of the exterior - largely praising warriors, war, andalso elegies to the dead. The four hundred poems are composed by more than 150poets dating from between the first and third centuries C.E. Written inold Tamil, this literary anthology had already been stabilized by the 3dc. CE, before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. It forms part ofthe extensive Sangam Literature (poetry) dating from 300BC to 300AD.
puRam poetry: seven tinaisWhat is interesting is that by the 1st c. CE, around when most of thesepoems were composed, there was already a flourishing literary traditionwith entrenched conventionalized categories, which were listed in thetolkAppiyam, composeed around 2nd c. CE. Avery software download for mac. At the highest level, shortpoetry forms could be in akam and puRam (interior and exterior)categories. Each class had its entrenched forms; thus akam dealt withthemes of love and were in the formof a monologue to a lover or a friend; puRam poetry was often about warand addressed a real king. Within each class there were severalmodalities; thus the analysis of the poetic moods in puRam poetry isclassified into seven moods or tinai (lit. place, but in this context,more of a mood, also called punn, tamil for rAga). These seven arelisted in the tolkAppiyam as:
Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning Hindi1. veTci : prelude to war, cattle raid; [akam counterpart: kuRiNci: night, on a mountain]2. vāNchi : preparation for war, start of invasion, and recovery of cattle. [akam counterpart: mullai; rainy season, meadowland]3. uLiNai : siege; defense of fort [akam counterpart: marutam]4. thumpai pitched battle, [akam counterpart: neytal]. evening, grief5. vākai : victory. [akam_ pAlai]6. kānchi : transience of the world7. Pātān : praise of kings, elegy, asking for gifts
Even the metaphors had conventionalized schemes of signification. Ofcourse, the analysis developed over the centuries, and by the time theanthologies of sangam literature were compiled (c. 8th century), therewere more elaborate forms. But what is striking to the modern reader isthat, as in China, by the first centuries CE, not only had these largebody of poems been composed, but there was a poetic sensibility refinedenough to order these into genres of akam and puRam and then thesemany tenai or mood categories. Clearly this is the tip of a mucholder oral tradition that persisted for many centuries in Tamil verse.Further, a large number of the Sangam poems were translated later intoSanskrit and may have also influenced tropes in classical sanskritpoetry.
War and drinkingIn terms of content, it is interesting to note the extent to which thepoems are soaked through with toddy. The warrior king is foreverindulging in his favourite toddy, made from palm, mohua flowers andother fruits. It is regularly drunk before battles (poem #292) and tofight off 'shivers and chills' (#304). Strong liquor is clearly moreheroic ('aged toddy strong as the sting of a scorpion', #392). Afterdrink, the warrior-king becomes more generous with his gifts(123), and a shared drink is a sign of bonding (290), etc.A couple of poems mention wine, which was brought to them by theyavanas (greeks). Download paint program for mac. Almost one in four poems has one of the words'toddy', or 'liquor'.
The translationsExcerptsAuvaiyar : Purananuru #91Auvaiyar: The spare axle #102Alternate translation by AK Ramanujan: A Young ChieftainKapilar for King Pari #107Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning TamilKapilar for King Pari #118Kapilar: giving away chariots #123version by Ramanujan #123Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning DictionaryParaNar to king Pekan #142paraNar on Pekan's abandoned wife kaNNaki #144konaTTu ericcilUr mAtalaN maturaik kumaranAr #180Auvaiyar: Whether you grow ricealt tr. by Ramanujan: Earth's bountykaruvUrp peruN catukkattup to koperuncolaN who is fasting to death #219Earlier version by George HartkuTTuvaN kIraNAr : death of a king #240Purananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning PdfAuvaiyar: Give him liquor and then drink yoursPurananuru Poems In Tamil With Meaning Urdubookexcerptise is maintained by a smallgroup of editors. get in touch with us! bookexcerptise [at]gmail [dot] .com.This review by Amit Mukerjee was last updated on : 2015 Mar 31