The Five Types of Lands and Moral Principles shown in the Sangam Literature

Abstract

It can be said that people adjust their lives according to the environment of the land in which they live. Thus, it is a natural phenomenon that has been going on since ancient times to the present day. Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal, and Palai are the five kinds of land life that can be found in Sangam literature. This is a classic example of how people developed their professions according to their land type. In this way, the Kurinji land people depended on hunting, honey picking, millet sowing, preserving them, etc., in the hilly areas, the Mullai land shepherds were grazing goats and cattle, selling milk, curd, butter, etc., and the Marutham land peasants were also engaged in the cultivation of agriculture, the people of the land were engaged in fishing, selling them, drying and selling fish, producing salt, selling them, selling them, producing salt, and selling them according to the land. In this way, occupations form the basis of land-based life. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the ethical principles of the land-based life of the people.