Culamani

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Sangam Literature
Five Great Epics
Silappatikaram Manimekalai
Civaka Cintamani Valayapathi
Kundalakesi
The Five Minor Epics
Neelakesi Culamani
Naga Kumara Kaviyam Udayana Kumara Kaviyam
Yashodhara Kaviyam
Bhakti Literature
Naalayira Divya Prabandham Kamba Ramayanam
Tevaram Tirumurai
Tamil people
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Sulamani or Culamani is one of the five minor epic poems of Sangham literature. It was written by Jain scholar Tolamoli Thevar.[1] It is written in viruttam metre similar to Cintamani.[2] It doesn't have a major plot[3] and it is written in 12 cantos with 2131 quatrains.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Division, Publications. INDIA: SOCIETY RELIGION AND LITERATURE IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIODS. Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ISBN 978-81-230-2191-1.
  2. ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (2005). A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular. Sahitya Akademi. p. 78. ISBN 978-81-260-2171-0.
  3. ^ Arunachalam, M. (1974). An Introduction to the History of Tamil Literature. Gandhi Vidyalayam. p. 111.
  4. ^ Pillai, M. S. Purnalingam (1904). A Primer of Tamil Literature. Ananda Press. p. 77.