User:Sree1959/Sangam (Trinity of Sangams)

The commentary written by Nakkeeranar for the book Iraiyanar Akapporul mentions about the existence of three Sangams namely, the First, Second and Third Sangams. Atiyarkkunallar, who wrote the commentary for Cilappatikaram has also mentioned this. The messages of Nakkeeranar can be seen in the Table below. The word Sangam is worth exploring.

There are also Tamil Sangams that appeared later.

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 * The list of poets also contains names of Gods.
 * Poet, king and year numbers are provided with artistic intent.
 * Purana scriptures are presented as grammar scriptures.
 * The commentary mentions that there were three Pandya poets. In the list of poets of the Sangam period, along with the five Pandya kings, we are able to see the likes of Ilamperuvazhuthi who perished in the sea.
 * The number of poets in the list is 449. 473 poets can be found in our collection. Of the 473 poets, 473 - 449 = 29 have insufficient evidence to be associated with the Second Sangam.
 * The assertion in Nedunchezhiyan's Vow song (Purananuru 72) that "Let the great Poets led by Mangudi Maruthan leave my land without singing" indicates that many Poets under the leadership of one among them recited in the court of Pandya
 * The word Sangam does not denote an assembly anywhere in the Sanga songs. However, many words and phrases such as house, association, union, Tamil mass are found in Sanga songs. Yet, some Scholars believe that this system remained known as gathering.
 * The word Sangam occurs only in one Paripatal in the Sanga songs collection. There too, it refers to a specially named number called Alname Number, coined in Tholkappiam

See these also

 * Sangam - Trinity of Sangams (Messages from Nallar to Adiyars)
 * Tamil Sangams
 * Tamil Development House in Madurai
 * Tamil Development House in Kaviripumpattinam
 * Tamil Development House in Vanchi

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