Aṇaṅku is a phenomenon of sacred power described in ancient Tamil literature such as the Sangam literature.[1] This sacred magical forces were supposed to inhabit various objects, which eventually determined there association with the society. The job of carrying out rites and rituals to control ananku was that of groups such as pariyans, and Tutiyans, lighting the cremation fire and worshipping memorial stone. literature]].[2]
References
edit- ^ Hart, George L. (1975). The Poems of Ancient Tamil, their Milieu and their Sanskrit Counterparts. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-02672-1.
- ^ singh, Upinder. A history of ancient and early medieval india.