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5.3 பண்பாட்டில் மக்கள் பங்களிப்பு
The qualities and the contributions expected of men, women
and the respectable elders in the society in safeguarding and promoting the community were
well-defined in the ancient Tamil society. Men were to seek their livelihood. Women were
to be subservient but to be courageous and valiant, when occasion demanded and the elders
were to see that the rulers never got astray from the path of virtue.