Akam (poetry)

Akam (Tamil: அகம், akam ^?) is one of two genres of Classical Tamil poetry which concerns with the subject of love, the other (Tamil: புறம், puṟam ^?) concerns the subject of war. It can also be translated as eroticism and heroism. It is further subdivided into the five thinai. The type of love was divided into seven ranging from unrequited love to mismatched love.

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