Tolkāppiyam — The Tolkāppiyam ( ta. தொல்காப்பியம்) is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature [* Zvelebil, Kamil. 1973. The smile of Murugan on Tamil literature of South India. Leiden: Brill. Zvelebil dates… … Wikipedia
Date of the Tolkappiyam — The dating of the earliest Tamil grammatical treatise Tolkappiyam has been debated much and it is still imprecise and uncertain [1][2][3] and has seen wide disagreements amongst scholars in the field.[3][4] … Wikipedia
Aindra school of grammar — The Aindra (of Indra) school of Sanskrit grammar is one of the eleven schools of grammar mentioned in Panini s Ashtadhyayi . It is named after Indra in allusion to Lord Indra, the king of Gods in Hindu mythology. Arthur Coke Burnell, a renowned… … Wikipedia
Tamil literature — refers to the literature in the Tamil language. Tamil literature has a rich and long literary tradition spanning more than two thousand years. The oldest extant works show signs of maturity indicating an even longer period of evolution.… … Wikipedia
South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… … Universalium
Tamil language — Tamil தமிழ் tamiḻ Pronunciation [t̪ɐmɨɻ] Spoken in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, where it has offi … Wikipedia
Puṟanāṉūṟu — Purananuru ( ta. புறநானூறு) is a Tamil poetic work in the Pathinenmaelkanakku anthology of Tamil literature, belonging to the Sangam period corresponding to between 200 BCE – 100 CE. Purananuru is part of the Ettuthokai anthology which is the… … Wikipedia
Devaneya Pavanar — மொழி ஞாயிறு ஞா. தேவநேயப் பாவாணர் Sun of Language, Ña. Tevaneyan Pavanar Born February 7, 1902(1902 02 07) Sankaranayinar Koil, Tamil Nadu, India Died January 15, 1981 … Wikipedia
Iraiyanar Akapporul — poetry. The date of the work is uncertain, but it is generally taken to have been composed between the fifth and eighth centuries.The Akapporul consists of a set of sixty nūṟpās terse epigrams written in verse which codify rules attributed to… … Wikipedia
Sangam literature — refers to a body of classical Tamil literature created between the years c. 600 BCE to 300 CE.[citation needed][1][2][3][4] This collection contains 2381 poems composed by 473 poets, some 102 of whom remain anonymous … Wikipedia
