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May 15, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Biography of the Eyinar in Ancient Literature

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Key Points

  • The article aims to explore the lifestyle and social practices of the Eyinar in ancient Tamil literature.
  • Analysis of ancient Tamil literary texts to understand social practices and land divisions.
  • Examination of the distinction between Mullai and Kurinji lands affected by climatic changes.
  • Historical interpretation of Eyinar's way of life based on literary evidence.
  • Identified that there are no references to Palai land division in ancient literature.
  • Described Eyinar as inhabitants of desert regions who survived by seizing goods from travelers.
  • Clarified the impact of climatic changes on the formation of Mullai and Kurinji lands.

Abstract

In the Tamil literary tradition, the social and life style practices of the Tamils dating back two thousand years can be understood through ancient literature. Among the ancient land divisions, there is no land division called Palai. The Mullai land and the Kurinji land were formed as separate and heterogeneous lands due to climatic changes. Eyinar living in the desert land were naturally Eyinar who made a living by seizing the things of passersby. The purpose of this article is to learn about such Eyinar.

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Forschung (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06b971e7dec685947ac192https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19762048
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