Panjali Sabatham

Panchali Sabatham
AuthorSubramania Bharati
LanguageTamil
Publication placeIndia

Panchali Sabatham (Tamil: பாஞ்சாலி சபதம், lit. 'Panchali's Vow') is a Tamil epic by the poet Subramania Bharati.[1] The poem retells the events of the episode of the game of dice from the Mahabharata. Bharati uses the incidents from the Mahabharata to draw parallels with the Kurukshetra War and the Indian War of Independence and Panchali (Draupadi) with Bharata Mata.

It is popularly known for emphasizing liberation of women from oppression and remains as one of the well known feminist works in Tamil literature.[2]

Draupadi, also known as Panchali, the protagonist of the Panchali Sabatham.
  1. ^ Thallam, Sarada (6 January 2017). Rajam Krishnan and Indian Feminist Hermeneutics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-4438-6491-6.
  2. ^ "Centennial controversy over Panchali Sabatham". The New Indian Express. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2021.