Unreciprocated Sexual Love (Kaikilai):- From Tolkappiyam To The Present Time

Abstract

The Tolkappiyam lists seven agathinai in the porulathikaramagathinaiyiyal. It arranges the agathinai in the order of Kaikkilai, Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal, Palai, and Perunthinai. Of these, the five from Kurinji to Palai are called the five agathinai of love. Kaikkilai is called a head love and Perunthinai is called unrequited love. Kai in Kaikkilai means discipline. This word is taken in the sense of boundless, unrequited love that appears only in someone, between a hero and a heroine. The purpose of this article is to present the records related to unreciprocated sexual(Kaikkilai) recorded in Tamil literature and grammars such as Tolkappiyam, Sangam literature, and Silappadhikaram, and to identify and discuss the changes that have occurred in the characteristics of unreciprocated sexual(Kaikkilai)with the passage of time and development.