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  • C01235 - மடல் இலக்கியம்

    மடல் இலக்கியம் forms a part of சிற்றிலக்கியம் relating to அகப்பொருள். It is also known by the names of வளமடல் and இன்ப மடல்.

    Shall we look at the origins of this genre? மடல் ஏறுதல் is an act undertaken by the hero; he does it when he is unable to marry the heroine. When the hero says that he will perform மடல் ஏறுதல், he is uttering மடல் கூற்று. When the heroine dissuades him from the act, it is known as மடல் விளக்கு. We find references to மடல் ஏறுதல் in Sangam Literature, திருக்குறள் and நாலாயிர திவ்யப் பிரபந்தம். The forerunner of this genre is திருமங்கை ஆழ்வார்.

    How is மடல் ஏறுதல் performed? The hero makes a horse with palm leaves. He decorates it with bells and garlands. He then wears a garland of bones and useless எருக்கு flowers. He sheds all inhibitions. Even women do this.

    திருமங்கை ஆழ்வார் has composed பெரிய திருமடல் and சிறிய திருமடல். There is internal rhyme is every line; that is, the second letters of the first words in each line are the same. For example: நீரார், ஓரா, வாராய், சீரார்;

    There are four basic truths of life, namely அறம், பொருள், இன்பம் and வீடு [dharma, wealth, happiness and salvation]. But the heroine of சிறிய திருமடல் says there are only three. She leaves out the last one. The world is personified as a woman.

    As she was playing திருமால் came there dancing with pots. The heroine feels faint. Her mother tries to revive her in several ways but it is of no use. They ask குறத்தி the reason for her illness.
    குறத்தி says that திருமால் himself has come. She then starts describing the greatness of the lord. She consoles them saying that only the lord had caused this disease.

    The heroine sends her heart as a messenger to the hero. She says she is going to perform மடல் ஏறுதல் in various places where திருமால் has enshrined Himself. She says that she will chant the various names of திருமால். Even if people condemn her, she will not stop doing this.

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புதுப்பிக்கபட்ட நாள் : 01-09-2016 02:28:21(இந்திய நேரம்)