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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| The aim of this study is to correlate the scientific traditional knowledge of Tamil people especially in the field of Universe in Sangam Literature. Tamil language is one of the oldest languages, the ancient people depicted very accurately about seasonal change, planetary motion, rainfall pattern etc., they had scientific knowledge which are evidenced from the Sangam Literature. The Science is rational Knowledge. The science of physics that explores the order in which objects exist. Everything that is intellectual, structured, researched and discovered is the content of Science. In that sense, the field of science today is evolving into a variety of disciplines and the roots of scientificthought are the ancient Tamil literature. The Sangam literature attests to the fact that the ancient Tamils developed the fields of science into separate arts and acquired scientific knowledge. The purpose of this article is to explore ideas such a planetary motion and the ability to perceive climate change from Sangam literature
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