Akanaṉūṟu

Also known as Akananooru, Akananuru, Netuntokai

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Author: Dr.A.Dakshinamurthy
First published: 1999
Editions: 1
Subjects: Akananuru, Tamil, Tamil classic, Tamil poems, Tamil literature, Love poems, Translations, English translations

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Authors
Ramayana Reference
Krishna leela Reference
Date
Poetic characteristics
English Translations
See also
References

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The Akananuru (, literally "four hundred [poems] in the akam genre"), sometimes called Nedunthokai (lit. "anthology of long poems"), is a classical Tamil poetic work and one of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. It is a collection of 400 love poems composed by 144 poets, except three poems which are by anonymous author(s). The poems range between 13 and 31 lines, and are long enough to include more details of the subject, episode and its context. According to Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature and history scholar, they are "one of the most valuable collections" from ancient Tamil history perspective.