Women in Islamic Tamil Sathagam Literature

U Alibava

doi:10.34293/tamil.v6i3.4620

Women in Islamic Tamil Sathagam Literature

இஸ்லாமியத் தமிழ்ச் சதக இலக்கியங்களில் பெண்கள்

U Alibava Professor and Head, Department of Tamil, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2051-7002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34293/tamil.v6i3.4620

Keywords: Literature, Minor Literary Geners, Sathagam Literature, Islam, Islamic Literature, Islamic Sathagam Literature

Abstract

Minor Literary Genres add great value to Tamil Literature. More than 96 minor literary genres appeared and developed in Tamil. Islam also has got minor literary genres like other religions have in Tamil. There are more than 1800 Minor Islamic literary genres in Tamil strengthen Tamil Literature. ‘Sathaga illakiyam’ is one among them. A Literary work which has a poems of 100 Stanzas is called ‘Sathagam’. This article brings out rare and valuable contents related to women which are registered in more than 30 Islamic sathagam Literature in Tamil.

Published

2022-01-01

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Vol 6 No 3 (2022)

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