TamilThagaval/Ettuthogai_Ainkurunooru

Dataset Card for Narrinai Poems

Dataset Summary

This dataset contains Narrinai, one of the eight anthologies (Ettuthogai) of Sangam Tamil literature.
It consists of 400+ poems written by various poets, each poem categorized by number and title.

The dataset provides:

• Poem Number
• Title (in Tamil)
• Poem Text

This can be used for NLP tasks in Tamil, such as text generation, retrieval, classification, and cultural/literary research.

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Supported Tasks and Benchmarks

• Text Generation: Train models to generate Tamil poetry.
• Text Retrieval: Search for poems by number or title.
• Text Classification: Categorize poems based on themes.

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Languages

• Primary language: Tamil (ta)

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Dataset Structure

Data Fields

• number → Poem number
• title → Poem title (Tamil)
• poem → Full poem text

Example

{
  "number": 1,
  "title": "1. குறிஞ்சி",
  "poem": "நின்ற சொல்லர் நீடுதோன்று இனியர்..."
}

## License

This dataset is released under CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

## Citation

If you use this dataset, please cite as:

Narrinai Poems Dataset, compiled by TamilThagaval (2025).