Epics in Imprints-1.pdf - Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan
Epics in Imprints-1.pdf - Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan
Epics in Imprints-1.pdf - Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan
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VIVEKANANDA KENDRA PATRIKA<br />
few persons renounced the ephemeral<br />
world and sought spiritual liberation. Their<br />
lives f<strong>in</strong>d description <strong>in</strong> poetic records.<br />
Holy people guided the common<br />
people, taught them the facts of life and<br />
were the examples and models to the<br />
masses.<br />
Worship and rituals such as marriage<br />
were conducted by these holy persons.<br />
They steered the masses <strong>in</strong> peaceful ways<br />
of life, dispensed justice from seats of the<br />
court, pulled up the err<strong>in</strong>g rulers. The<br />
Brahm<strong>in</strong>s occupied an exalted status <strong>in</strong><br />
Sangam life.<br />
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The life at large of the Sangam Tamil<br />
people appreciated ethical values such as<br />
gratitude, respect for the elders, giv<strong>in</strong>g up<br />
<strong>in</strong>toxicants, foreswear<strong>in</strong>g lust,<br />
truthfulness and non-<strong>in</strong>jury. The motto of<br />
the society at large was “All places are<br />
m<strong>in</strong>e; All are my k<strong>in</strong>smen:<br />
(From the Tamil book<br />
“Sangathamizar<strong>in</strong> Vazhipadum<br />
Chadangukalum-ie. ‘Worship and rituals<br />
of the Tamils of Sangam’ period” by<br />
Professor M.Shanmukham Pillai,<br />
International Institute of Tamil studies,<br />
Madras 113, 1996)
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