Aintinai Eḻupatu

Ainthinai Ezhupathu, is a Tamil poetic work belonging to the "Pathinenkilkanakku" anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the 'post Sangam period' corresponding to between 100 – 500 CE. "Ainthinai Ezhupathu" contains seventy poems written by the poet Muvathiyaar.

The poems of "Ainthinai Ezhupathu" deals with the subjective ("agam") concepts. "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 "Ainthinai Ezhupathu" are categorised into fourteen 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 "Kainnilai"and "innilai" eText at Project madurai