The World Of Books


 
 
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The World Of Books

The World Of Books:

 Epics are grand, long compositions, about heroic men and women, and include stories about gods. A famous Tamil epic, the silappadikaram, was composed by a poet named llango, around 1800 years ago. It is the story of a merchant named Kovalan, who lived in puhar and fell in love with a courtesan name Madhavi, neglecting his wife kannagi. Later, he and Kannagi left puhar and went to Madurai, where he was wrongly accused of theft by the court jeweller of the Pandya king. The king sentenced Kovalan to death. Kannagi, who still loved him, was full of grief and anger at this injustice, and destroyed the entire city of Madurai.

 Another Tamil epic, the Manimekalai was composed by Sattanar around 1400 years ago. This describes the story of the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi. These beautiful compositions were lost to Scholars for many centuries, till their manuscripts were rediscovered, about a hundred years ago.

Other writers, such as Kalidasa, wrote in Sanskrit.

 
 


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