Question

Discuss the status of women in the Sangam Society.

Answer 1

1. There was no restriction for women in social life.
2. There were learned and wise women.
3. Forty women poets had lived and left behind their valuable works.
4. Marriage was a matter of self-choice.
5. However, Chastity (Karpu) was considered the highest virtue of women.
6. Sons and daughters had equal shares in their parent’s property.
7. Women poets of Sangam Age were Arraiyar, Velliveethiyar, Kakkaipadiniyar, AathiManthiyar, Ponmudiyar.