Ettuttokai, Eṭṭuttokai, Ettuthokai: 2 definitions
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Source: WikiPedia: HinduismEttuthokai (Tamil: எட்டுத்தொகை)– 'The Eight Anthologies' - Classical Tamil poetic work - form part of the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology series of the Sangam Literature. Ettuthokai and its companion anthology Pattupattu are some of the oldest available Tamil Literature and dated to belong to between 200 BCE and 200 CE.
Ettutokai consist of 2,371 poems varying from small stanzas of three lines in Ainkurnuru to stanzas of forty lines in Purananuru. The following poems form the Eight Anthologies:
- Ainkurnuru (ஐங்குறுநூறு)
- Akananuru (அகநானூறு)
- Purananuru (புறநானூறு)
- Kaliththokai (கலித்தொகை)
- Kuruntokai (குறுந்தொகை)
- Natrinai (நற்றிணை)
- Paripaatal (பரிபாடல்)
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Pathirruppaththu (பதிற்றுப்பத்து)
Languages of India and abroad
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconEṭṭuttokai (எட்டுத்தொகை) [eṭṭu-tokai] noun < idem. +. The eight anthologies of the Sangam period, viz. நற்றிணை, குறுந்தொகை, ஐங்குறுநூறு, பதிற்றுப்பத்து பத்து, பரிபாடல், கலித்தொகை, அகநானூறு, புறநானூறு னூறு; சங்ககாலத்துத் தொகுக்கப்பட்ட எட்டுநூல்கள். இத்திறத்த வெட்டுத்தொகை (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு). [narrinai, kurunthogai, aingurunuru, pathirruppathu pathu, paripadal, kalithogai, agananuru, purananuru nuru; sangagalathuth thogukkappatta ettunulkal. ithiratha vettuthogai (thanippadarrirattu).]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Full-text: Purananuru, Kuruntokai, Akananuru, Paripatal, Patinenmelkanakku, Sangam, Natrinai, Kalittokai, Ainkurunuru.
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