Tamil Literature |
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Note on transliteration and pronunciation | 1 |
VIII | 11 |
88 | 42 |
162 | 75 |
170 | 82 |
193 | 117 |
The epic poetry | 128 |
Pirapantam | 193 |
Literature in prose | 231 |
Dramatic writing | 294 |
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A. K. RAMANUJAN akaval alias Āļvār ancient antāti anthology bardic poetry beautiful became bhakti Bharati Bharatidasan born Brāhmaṇ canto cent century Chera Chola Cilappatikāram classical collection commentary composed devotional diction divine early elephant erotic eyes garland hero heroic History of Tamil hymns important Indian Jaina JESUDASAN K. V. ZVELEBIL Kampan Kāńci Kannaki Kapilar kātal king kōvai Kṛṣṇa Kuruntokai language legends lines literary Lord Madras marry marutam Maturai medieval metre modern Tamil motif Murukan Nampi narrative novel Pandya Pannirupāṭṭiyal Paripāṭal patikam Pillai poem poet poetic popular prabandhas praise probably prose prosody published purāṇam purāņas quatrains Rāma Rāvana Saiva Sanskrit says short story similes Śiva Smile of Murugan songs stanzas Sundara Tamil literature Tamil poetry Tamil Studies Tamil version Tamilnāḍu temple texts themes tiņai Tirukkural Tiruvācakam Tolkāppiyam traditional transl translation V. V. S. Aiyar Vaiṣṇava vańci veņpā verse viruttam wife woman writing