Tolkappiyam'sVannam in Akananuru

அகநானூற்றில் தொல்காப்பிய வண்ணம்

  • K Kalavathi Assistant Professor, Tamil Department, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore
Keywords: Vannam, Tolkappiyam, Tamil Poetics, Prosody in Tamil Literature, Rhythmic Patterns in Poetry

Abstract

Vannam is one of the poetic elements mentioned by Tolkappiyar. Although Tolkappiyar did not specifically define what vannam means, he has categorized its types as twenty. Vannam refers to the repeated occurrence of rhythmic waves in the sound/melody of a poem.

References

Tolkappiya Kalanjiyam, p. 323.
Pavanandhar Tamil Sollagarathi (Tamil Dictionary), p. 408.
Madurai Tamil Peragarathi (Madurai Tamil Lexicon), p. 521.
Vannam in Tolkappiyam, p. 11.
Tamilisai Kalaikalanjiyam, p. 87.
Music and Continuity in Tolkappiyam, p. 319.
Silappathikaram, pp. 20–64.
Yapparungalakkarigai, pp. 160–161.
Kurunthogai, p. 231 (lines 1–2).
Thirukkural, Kural No. 391.
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