Lucretius, 9

Macbeth, 137
Macdonnell, Arthur A., 124, 128
Madurai, 6, 32, 61
Maecenas, 4,
Mahavamsa, 48
Malabar coast, 12
Malaipadukadaam, 5, 18, 93
Malaya, 51
Man and Nature, 42
Manimeekalai, 128
Maraam tree, 72
Maravar, 117
Margosa flower, 35
Marutam, 18, 28
Maturaikaanci, 91
Max Müller, 2, 70
Mayon, 63
Meenakshisundaram, T. P., 42, 137
Meghaduta, 130
Mesopotamia, 51
Meynell, Alice, 123
Milton, 9
Mimosa flectuosa, 84
Monotheism, 10, 58
Moorman, Fredric, W., 22, 24
Mountains, 93-100
Mullai bower, 18, 28, 65
Mullaippaattu, 15, 74
Murukan, 4, 6, 31, 58, 61, 68
Murukai, 40
Musundai, 134

Naccinaarkiniyar, 7, 41
Nannan, 93
Narrinai, 5, 6, 30, 46, 105, 119
Nature and
    Background, 10
    Climate, 16
    Concept, 38
    Ethics, 51
    Folklore, 34
    God, 58, 62
    History, 48, 86
    Imagery, 16
    Landscape, 11-13

Language, 13
    Life, 22
    Man, 42
    Religion, 58
    Similes, 15
    Superstitions, 69

Netunalvaadai, 5, 7, 35, 98, 130, 138
Netuntokai, 5, 6
Neytal flower, 50
Nilgiris, 12
Nocci flower, 85, 120
Non-love poetry, 38

Ode to Evening, 139
Odyssey, 22, 132
Oerva lanatar, 85
Omens, 72
Oori, 37, 49

Paadantinai, 90
Paalai, 28, 40, 56, 116
Palani hills, 12
Palgrave, Francis Turner, 6, 9
Pallas, 22
Palmyrah flower, 35
Paantiya kingdom, 5, 12, 35, 91
Paantiyan Nedunceliyan, 35, 105
Panegyric poems, 52, 53
Paranar, 50
Paari, 20, 36, 55
Paripaadal, 6, 28, 32, 60, 64, 127, 140
Pasture-lands, 100-108
Pattinappaalai, 28, 78
Pattirruppattu, 5, 17, 21, 52
Piirku, 103
Peehen, 20, 36
Periyaar, 68
Perumpaanaarruppadai, 91, 106
Peruntinai (lust), 86, 90
Pierre Meile, 3
Pidavam, 103
Pitikam, 15, 103
Pittikai, 104
Poetic conventions, 38
Polytheism, 10, 58