'), ▁ ▁( mean ing ▁' that ▁which ▁is ▁sp illed ▁or ▁o oz ed , ▁namely ▁seed ' ▁in ▁S ansk rit ), ▁, ▁ ▁and ▁Sw amin ath a . ▁ ▁Tol k app iy am , ▁possibly ▁the ▁most ▁ancient ▁of ▁the ▁ext ant ▁Sang am ▁works , ▁dated ▁between ▁the ▁ 3 rd ▁century ▁B CE ▁and ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁CE ▁gl or ified ▁Mur ug an , ▁" ▁the ▁red ▁god ▁se ated ▁on ▁the ▁blue ▁pe ac ock , ▁who ▁is ▁ever ▁young ▁and ▁res pl endent ," ▁and ▁" ▁the ▁fav oured ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁T amil s ." . ▁ ▁The ▁Sang am ▁poetry ▁divided ▁space ▁and ▁T amil ▁land ▁into ▁five ▁alleg or ical ▁areas ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁Tir um ur ug ar ru pp ata i ▁( cir ca ▁ 4 0 0 - 4 5 0 ▁A . D .) ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁great ▁Sang am ▁poet ▁Nak ki ir ar , ▁Mur ug an ▁was ▁the ▁pres iding ▁de ity ▁of ▁the ▁Kur inci ▁region ▁( h illy ▁area ). ▁Tir um ur ug ar upp ata i ▁is ▁a ▁deeply ▁dev ot ional ▁poem ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁ten ▁id yll s ▁( P att up att u ) ▁of ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁the ▁third ▁Sang am . ▁ ▁The ▁cult ▁of ▁Sk anda ▁disappeared ▁during ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century ▁and ▁was ▁pre domin antly ▁expanded ▁during ▁late ▁ 7 th ▁century ▁Pal lava ▁period ▁- ▁Som ask