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.
is 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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adhar

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madhyamik

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shodh

tika tippani aur sandarbh

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