Kalittokai, Kalithogai, Kaliththokai: 3 definitions

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In Hinduism
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India history
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In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Kalithogai (Tamil: கலித்தொகை), a classical Tamil poetic work,is the sixth book of Ettuthokai, a Sangam literature anthology. Kalithogai contains one hundred and fifty poems and were written by various authors. Nachinarkiniyar, a Tamil scholar living during the sixth or the seventh century C.E. has annotated this work.

Kalithogai is an anthology of 150 poems in kali metre of varied length dealing with all phases and types of love experience. The poems are categorised into the five thinais according to the mood and subject matter conforming to the Sangam landscape.

The first part (2-36) deals with paalai setting,
the second (37-65) with kurinchi,
the third (66-100) with marutam,
the fourth (101-117) with mullai
and the fifth (118-150) with neital.

These five section were each written by a separate author.

Perunkadunkon wrote the paalai songs,
the poet Kapilar is attributed to the kurinchi,
Ilanaagan the marutham songs,
Nalluruthiran the mullai songs
and the poet nallanthuvan the neithal songs.

However, modern scholarship attributes the entire work to a single author.

India history and geography

Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (history)

Kalittokai forms part of the Pattupāṭṭu (the ten idylls) which is classified as belonging to the Saṅgam (Caṅkam) corpus of classical Tamil literature.—The Kalittokai represents an anthology of 150 stanzas in kali metre describing the erotic emotions and five tracts of land.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kalittokai (கலித்தொகை) [kali-tokai] noun < idem. +. An ancient anthology of 150 verses written in kali metre describing the erotic emotions characteristic of the five tracts of land, composed by Nal-l-antuvaṉār, one of eṭṭu-t-tokai, q.v.; எட்டுத் தொகையுள் நல்லந்துவனார் தொகுத்த [ettuth thogaiyul nallanthuvanar thogutha] 150 கலிப்பாக் கொண்ட நூல். [kalippag konda nul.]

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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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