शिलप्पादिकारम

• shilappadikaram ko 'tamil sahity' ke pratham mahakavy ke roop mean jana jata hai. isaka shabdik arth hai- "noopur ki kahani". is mahakavy ki rachana cher vansh ke shasak sen guttuvan ke bhaee ilaango adigal ne lagabhag eesa ki doosari-tisari shatabdi mean ki thi.

• 'shilappadikaram' ki sampoorn katha nupoor ke charoan or ghoomati hai.
• is mahakavy ke nayak aur nayika 'kovalan' aur 'kannagi' haian.
• yah mahakavy ‘puharakkaandam’, 'madaraikkaandam' aur 'vanjikkaandam' tin bhagoan mean vibhajit hai. in tinoan bhagoan mean kramashah chol, pandy, aur cher rajyoan ka varnan hai.
• mahakavy mean kavi ne tatkalin tamil samaj ka sajiv chitr prastut karane ke sath-sath samaj mean prachalit nrityoan, vyavasayoan adi ka bhi parichay diya hai.

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