Aegean sea, 6
Aeneid, 135
Akam, 3
Akam poetry, 3, 4, 5, 38, 41, 55
Akanaanuuru, 21, 25, 27, 41, 50, 97, 119
Ainkurunuuru, 5, 114
Aioi, 50
Alexandrine laurel, 108
Allegory, 46, 114
Aanaimalai hills, 12
Animism, 58, 69
Arikaameedu, 12
Aristotle, 54
Aarruppatai, 4
Asoka tree, 60,' 126
Avarai, 103, 135
Avvai, 31, 52
Aay Einan, 36, 56
Aay family, 50
Ayalai creeper, 120

Banyan tree, 71
Bard, 2
Bardic poetry, 3
Bay of Bengal, 12
Bhagavad-Gita, 141
Bhuvaragam Pillai, A., 82
Biese, Alfred, 6, 8, 9
Bowra, C. M., 44
Brittain, Robert, 68
Brooke, Stopford, 42, 43
Byron, 49, 81

Caldwell, R., 50
Cankam literature, 2, 5, 24, 43
Cape Comorin, 11, 12
Catullus, 136
Ceera kingdom, 12, 35
Chatterji, S. K., 125
Chaucer, 9, 23
Chelliah, J. V., 4
Chidambaranatha Chettiar, A., 1

Cilappatikaaram, 77, 128
Cintaamani, 128
Climate, 16
Coola kingdom, 12, 35, 91
Concept of nature, 38
Coriolanus, 54

Dante's Divina Commedia, 80
Desert, 115-21
Duraisamy Pillai, G. S., 12
Dipavamsa, 49

Egypt, 51
Eight Anthologies, 3
Elegy, 139
English poetry, 136
Epics, 128
Ethics and Nature, 51

Five-fold division, 12, 38, 39, 75, 86, 93
Five regions
    The mountains (Kurinci), 38, 45, 93-100
    The Pasture lands (Mullai), 28, 38, 76, 100-108
    The Littorals (Neytal), 28, 38, 76, 108-110
    The Riverine plains (Marutam), 28, 38, 76, 111-14
    The Desert (Palai), 28, 38, 45, 63, 76, 115-119
Flowers, 13
    Gloriosa superba, 30, 31, 45, 61, 62, 104
    Hiptage madoblata, 80
    Ixora coccinea, 60, 78, 91
    Kadambu, 61
    Kaanci, 90
    Kaantal (Gloriosa superba) 50, 56, 98
    Kaaya, 103
    Konrai, 64, 80, 102