'Ur (Town)' in the classical theory of Thinai: Based on Aingurunooru

Abstract

The land is the basis for the survival of life. Therefore, the ancient Tamil poets and the ancient Tamil grammarians gave more importance to the land in the functions of creation and grammar. It is worth noting here that in the three-subjects distinction between the ecological and moral symbolism of human life (the triad of the first, thematic, and the object), the land and time are the primary objects. The strategies adopted by classical Tamil poets to place internal and external emotions as poems are essentially very important and should be identified separately. In particular, the poets who have written the Agam songs have inculcated in their minds the idea of Thinai theory (land, time, natural resources, etc.). One of the classical books in Tamil is Aingurunooru. The poets who have composed the chapters in this book, which have been planned and recited in five categories, have also composed poems with the names of the towns. The poets have composed the poems with a good understanding of the Thinai. Poets have given a significant place to the land (the habitat) in the singing of nature. This character can be seen in Aingurunooru. We can also take this as a general theoretical concept for the Sangam Classical texts on the place name post, like Orupanai chothukku is oru choru padham (for the entire pot, it is enough to test the single grain for the desired level of cooking).