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Ainkurunuru () a classical Tamil poetic work containing five hundred short poems, and is part of ''Ettuthokai'', an anthology of Sangam literature. The poems in this book were written by five authors and were compiled by Kudalur Kizhar at the behest of Chera King Yanaikkatcey Mantaran Ceral Irumporai. ==Character of the poems== :Poem 255: :குன்றக் குறவன் காதல் மடமகள் :வரையர மகளிர்ப் புரையுஞ் சாயலள் :ஐயள் அரும்பிய முலையள் :செய்ய வாயினள் மார்பினள் சுணங்கே. :Kuṉṟak kuṟavaṉ kātal maṭamakaḷ :Varaiyara makaḷirp puraiyuñ cāyalaḷ :Aiyaḷ arumpiya mulaiyaḷ :Ceyya vāyiṉaḷ mārpiṉaḷ cuṇaṅkē :The loving young daughter :of the hill man :is as beautiful :as a mountain goddess. :She is gorgeous :with her sprouting breasts, :her reddened lips, :and her mottled chest.〔Selby, Martha Ann. Tamil Love Poetry: The Five Hundred Short Poems of the Aiṅkuṟunūṟu, an Early Third-Century Anthology. Columbia University Press, 2011. ISBN 9780231150651. pp105-106〕 This book comes under the ''Agam'' (subjective) category in its subject matter. Ancient Tamil poems was categorised into the broad categories of ''Agam''(அகம்) - subjective, dealing with matters of the heart and human emotions, and ''Puram'' (புறம்) - objective, dealing with the tangibles of life such as war, politics, wealth, etc. The poems of this anthology are of the ''Akaval'' meter. These poems deal with the various aspects of the courtship between the hero and the heroine. The poems are set in various landscapes (''Thinai'' - திணை) depending on the mood of the poem. The poem shown as the example in this article is of the Kurinci thinai (mountainous region). The subject matter of the poem deals with the hero speaking about his union with his lover. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ainkurunuru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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