Sangam Era Marriage in Anthropological Perspective

Abstract

Tolkappiyam divides the life of Sangam people in a grammatical way and establishes that this (something) as the material necessary for life. However, the opinions of the commentators explaining this idea are not the same, and it can be seen that there has been a change in thinking according to the change of time. Therefore, only explanations given by grammar and literature cannot provide sufficient information while studying the life of human beings in society. It can be known by understanding the people of the Sangam period that the Sangha people lived the life of an ethnic group. However, they do not follow the ritual system of marriage. It was only after the arrival of the Aryans that the system of marriage came into existence. They divided it into eight numbers. Ilampuranar suggests that among them Gandharva marriage is for Tamil people. Answers and proofs for this are available in Sangam literary hymns when studying the evolution of man through anthropology. It can be seen from the outside that certain rituals were followed in the wars. Therefore, Sangam people who shaped their lifestyles based on internal life rather than war, were either married, robbed or chastised. Based on this, this article presents the rituals of the Sangam period from an anthropological perspective.