Question

which 8 anthologies​

Answer 1

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The Sangam literature, sometimes referred to as the Caṅkam literature or Koodal literature connotes the ancient Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India. The Tamil tradition and legends link it to three literary gatherings around Madurai (Pandyan capital): the first over 4,440 years, the second over 3,700 years, and the third over 1,850 years before the start of the common era.

Scholars consider this Tamil tradition-based chronology as ahistorical and mythical. Some of these scholars suggest the historical Sangam literature era spanned from c. 300-BCE to 300-CE

while others variously place this early classical Tamil literature period a bit later and more narrowly but all before 300 CE.

According to Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature and history scholar, the most acceptable range for the Sangam literature is 100 BCE to 250 CE, based on the linguistic, prosodic and quasi-historic allusions within the texts and the colophons.

Answer 2

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The following poems form the Eight Anthologies:

Ainkurunuru (ஐங்குறுநூறு)

Akananuru (அகநானூறு)

Purananuru (புறநானூறு)

Kalittokai (கலித்தொகை)

Kuruntokai (குறுந்தொகை)

Natrinai (நற்றிணை)

Paripatal (பரிபாடல்)

Pathitrupathu (பதிற்றுப்பத்து)