Tiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu

Thinaimozhi Aimpathu is a Tamil poetic work belonging to the "Pathinenkilkanakku" anthology of Tamil literature. This belongs to the 'post Sangam period' corresponding to between 100 – 500 CE. "Thinaimozhi Aimpathu' contains fifty poems written by the poet Kannan Chenthanaar.

The poems of "Thinaimozhi Aimpathu" deal with the "agam" (internal) subjects. "Agam" in the Sangam literature denotes the subject matters that deal with the intangibles of life such as human emotions, love, separation, lovers' quarrels, etc. The poems of "Thinaimozhi Aimpathu" are categoriesed into ten poems for each of the five "thinai", or landscape of Sangam poetry and describe in detail the situation and emotions specific to each landscape. The five landscapes of Sangam poetry are "mullai" – forest, "kurinji" – mountains, "marutham" – farmland, "paalai" – arid land and "neithal" – seashore.

References

* Mudaliyar, Singaravelu A., Apithana Cintamani, An encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, (1931) - Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, New Delhi (1983)
* http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/
* http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/pathinen/pm0027.pdf "Thinaimozhi Aimpathu" eText at Project madurai