
malaipatuktam

malaipattukatam () sangam saahitya key "pattupattu" sankalan mein ack pracheen tamil kavita haye. perunkuner perunkaukinar dwara likhit, isamen 583 panktiyaan hain joe prakriti key drishyon, logon aur raajaa nannan key tahat pahaadi graameen ilaakon kii sanskriti kaa varnan karati hain. yeh kavita lagbhag 210 esvi kii haye joe ack tamil saahitya vidwan kamil zvelebil dwara likhi gaee haye.
malipatukatam" kavita kaa sheershak, jise "malipadukadam" bhee likhaa gayaa haye, kavita kii panktiyon 347-348 mein "root mein haathiyon koo garjana" key sandarbh mein paaya jaataa haye. sheershak kii vyakhya dou tarikon seey kii gaee haye. kuchh vidwan ise "pahaadon seey nikalane vaale sraav" key roop mein anuvaad karate hain, jabaki anya "" katam "kii dhwani key roop mein joe pahaadon mein utpann hoti haye. yaa tou upnaam seey "pahaadon kii pratidhvani" key roop mein vyakhya kii jaati haye. iss kavita koo kuttararupatai (kuttararuptai) key roop mein bhee jaanaa jaataa haye."nritya karane vaale minstrails key liye guide", ack sheershak joe bataata haye kii yeh ack "arupatai"-shally kii kavita haye.
malipatukatam" apane upakhyanon key liye jaanaa jaataa haye, jinamen seey kuchh anya sangam kavitaon mein bhee paae jaate hain. yeh pahaadi kshetra (chengam key paas, jise taba chenkama kahaa jaataa haye), logon, abhinetaon kii teams aur unake sangeet vaadyayantron kii ack jeevant tasveer koo chitrit kartaa haye. kavita mahila gayakon aur nartakiyon kii sundarta kaa varnan karati haye. anya panktiyaan raajaa nannan key gunon kii veerata koo prastut karati hain. pahaadi raajya mein paae jaane vaale pakshiyon, jaanvaron, pedon, foolon aur falon key ack lambe soochi jaise vivaran key saath unaki rajdhani kaa varnan kiya gayaa haye. 
guide mein samoohon dwara saamana kiye jaane vaale kuchh praakritik khatron kii ruprekha dee gaee haye kyonki way ack pradarshan sthal seey dusare pradarshan sthal parr yatra karate hain, aur raaste mein graminon seey unhein udaar aatithya praapt hoga. isamen baans mein baney chawal seey bunny sharaab, chawal kaa bhojan, chhaachh, "awarai" beans aur imali kii gravy kaa ullekh haye. malipatukatam" mein kuchh panktiyon mein charvaahon, machuaaron aur kisaanon kaa ullekh kiya gayaa haye joe chaiyar nadee (seyaru) key kinare hain. inn kshetron kii mahilaaen kavita mein kahati hain, jaba way anaaj koo peete aur peete hain tou geet gaati hain.
lambi kavita mein mukhya roop seey hindu bhagwan vishnu kaa ullekh haye, halanki shiv, unake putra murugan-yuddh key devta (pankti 651) aur raajaa koo shiv key bhakt key roop mein bhee ullekh kiya gayaa haye. kavita "mahaan bhagwan" aur "bhagwan jinhone jahar piyaa" (sambhavatah shiv) aur una stambhon kii or ishara karati haye jinaki pooja kii jaati thee (sambhavatah lingam). malipatukatam" mein "ool" (sanskritah karm) shabd kaa upayog kiya gayaa haye. isamen dhana kii devi lakshmi kaa bhee ullekh haye, joe 463-464 panktiyon mein hain aur "jiss bhagwan key stun parr vaha simhaasan parr baithi haye".

