Purananootru Sirukathaigal

by Na. Parthasarathy

The Purananuru is a treatise on what a king should be, how he should act, how he should treat his subjects and how he should show his generosity. The Purananuru is one of the eight books in the secular anthology of Sangam literature.The secular anthology is entirely unique in Indian literature, which nearly all religious texts during this era. This book is an anthology collection of short stories from Purananuru.

206 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2017

About the author

Na. Parthasarathy (Tamil: நா. பார்த்தசாரதி), was a writer of Tamil historical novels from Tamil Nadu, India. In 1971, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel Samudhaya Veedhi. He was also a journalist who worked in Kalki, Dina Mani Kadhir and later ran a magazine called Deepam. He was known as Deepam Parthasarathy due to his magazine. He also published under various pet names like Theeran, Aravindan, Manivannan, Ponmudi, Valavan, Kadalazhagan, Ilampooranan and Sengulam Veerasinga Kavirayar.

Reviews

[Kiran Bhat · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Purunanuru is an anthology of ancient Tamil poems. Written as a Sangam compilation in the first century, these four hundred poems try to make beauty of out of the everyday behaviors and norms of ancient southern India. I found the poems very particular to the lived experiences of its time. It was certainly educational to read these poems, but I don’t know if they have a timeless appeal, or have that certain something to recommend to people from outside of the writing’s particular context…