The Natrinai Four Hundred

About this book

It is a full faithful translation of the 400 poems from the ancient Tamil literature Natrinai. This book is a delight to read for anyone who loves poetry. Natrinai (Tamil: நற்றிணை) is a classical Tamil poetic work, is a book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. Natrinai contains 400 poems dealing with the five landscapes of Sangam poetry – kurinchi, mullai, marutham, neithal and paalai. This belongs to some of the oldest extant Tamil literature and is dated to belong to the Sangam age (100 BCE - 200 CE).

Subjects

  • akam poems
  • akam poetry
  • akananuru
  • english translations
  • love poems
  • sangam classic
  • sangam literature
  • sangam poetry
  • sangathamizh
  • tamil
  • tamil classic
  • tamil literature
  • tamil poems
  • translations
  • அகநானுறு
  • தமிழ்
  • மொழிபெயர்ப்பு