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Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu (Tamil:திணைமொழி ஐம்பது) is aTamil poetic work belonging to theEighteen Lesser Texts (Pathinenkilkanakku) anthology ofTamil literature. This belongs to the 'postSangam period' corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE.Tiṉaimozhi Aimpatu contains fifty poems written by the poetKannan Chenthanaar.
The poems ofTiṉaimoḻi Aimpatu deal withagam (internal) subjects.Agam in theSangam literature denotes the subject matters that deal with the intangibles of life such as human emotions, love, separation, lovers' quarrels, etc. The poems ofTiṉaimozhi Aimpatu are categorised into ten poems for each of the fivethinai, orlandscape of Sangam poetry and describe in detail the situation and emotions specific to each landscape. The five landscapes of Sangam poetry aremullai – forest,kurinji – mountains,marutham – farmland,paalai – arid land andneithal – seashore.
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