Tamil Literature |
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Note on transliteration and pronunciation | 1 |
VIII | 11 |
The literature of devotion | 88 |
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according Aiyar akam akaval ancient anthology appeared bardic beautiful became becomes beginning Bharati born Brāhmaṇ called cent century characters Chola classical collection commentary composed contains conventions deal describing devotional diction early English epic eyes fact father finally five four genre girl gives hand heart hero History human hymns important Indian interesting Jaffna kind king known language later lines literary lived Lord Madras married Maturai means mentioned metre mother Murukan narrative nature novel original Pillai plays poem poet poetry popular praise probably prose published puram Saiva Sanskrit says short story simple Śiva social songs stanzas story structure Studies style takes Tamil literature temple texts themes traditional translation true typical verse wife woman women writing written young ZVELEBIL