puram
puṟamThe 'exterior' genre of Sangam poetry, treating war, kingship, and public ethics.
Where this term appears
- The Tamil Stream: Sangam, Bhakti, and the Temple South History
The poetry divides into two great modes, akam , the interior world of love, and puram , the exterior world of war, kingship, and public ethics.
- Is Sanskrit the mother of all languages? Journal
Sangam poetry divides the world into akam , the interior, which is love, and puram , the exterior, which is war and kingship and public conduct.