Nakkirar\u27s commentary on the Iraiyanār Akapporul, the treatise on Tamil love poetry attributed to the God Śiva, tells us a legend that in ancient Tamil there were assemblies of the poets and the grammarians supported by the Pandyan kings.It is said that they lasted for 9990 years and cons-isted of totally 8598 poets.The legend has given a considerable influence on Tamil studies and even on the rise of Tamil nationalism.Along with the legend, the commentary makes mention of Śiva\u27s auth-orship of the treatise and its date, and Nakkirar\u27s authorship of the com-mentary.However, it is filled with fancies and hence actually useless for historical studies.In this paper, the author firstly translates parts of the commentary relevant to the...
We can assure that there is no other similar work like Periyapurana so historical in Character, so a...
Ancient Tamil language is rich in grammar. Grammar is obtained from literature as oil is obtained fr...
To the memory of Godard Schokker (1929–2009), who introduced me to Prākrit and Apabhraṃśa literature...
Nakkirar's commentary on the Iraiyanār Akapporul, the treatise on Tamil love poetry attributed to th...
This dissertation looks at debates over the Tamil literary tradition in treatises and commentaries o...
The sanga noolgal andru Olaichuvadi were sleeping on the yon. In Tamil research, you began to engage...
This thesis is a survey of early Tamil court poetry collectively known as Ettuttokai. Special refere...
In writing a history of the Tamil Grammatical Tradition, one must try to make explicit the genesis, ...
In human society, from the time of the Sangam to this period, politics can be bound up with social l...
Tamil literature is an ancient literature. It is also known as Cankam literature and classified as c...
The history of ancient Tamils and their great ideas of science are returning seen the world of scien...
This paper provides insight into several new sources for the history of the Tamil people. The people...
"TAMIL", which its present users like to describe as simultaneously "living AND classical", is the c...
Though strongly marked by the Śrīvaiṣṇava movement, the history of Kṛṣṇaism in South India is still ...
This paper is an analytical study of the twenty songs in Puranaanooruwhich belong to the subdivision...
We can assure that there is no other similar work like Periyapurana so historical in Character, so a...
Ancient Tamil language is rich in grammar. Grammar is obtained from literature as oil is obtained fr...
To the memory of Godard Schokker (1929–2009), who introduced me to Prākrit and Apabhraṃśa literature...
Nakkirar's commentary on the Iraiyanār Akapporul, the treatise on Tamil love poetry attributed to th...
This dissertation looks at debates over the Tamil literary tradition in treatises and commentaries o...
The sanga noolgal andru Olaichuvadi were sleeping on the yon. In Tamil research, you began to engage...
This thesis is a survey of early Tamil court poetry collectively known as Ettuttokai. Special refere...
In writing a history of the Tamil Grammatical Tradition, one must try to make explicit the genesis, ...
In human society, from the time of the Sangam to this period, politics can be bound up with social l...
Tamil literature is an ancient literature. It is also known as Cankam literature and classified as c...
The history of ancient Tamils and their great ideas of science are returning seen the world of scien...
This paper provides insight into several new sources for the history of the Tamil people. The people...
"TAMIL", which its present users like to describe as simultaneously "living AND classical", is the c...
Though strongly marked by the Śrīvaiṣṇava movement, the history of Kṛṣṇaism in South India is still ...
This paper is an analytical study of the twenty songs in Puranaanooruwhich belong to the subdivision...
We can assure that there is no other similar work like Periyapurana so historical in Character, so a...
Ancient Tamil language is rich in grammar. Grammar is obtained from literature as oil is obtained fr...
To the memory of Godard Schokker (1929–2009), who introduced me to Prākrit and Apabhraṃśa literature...