Tamil Literature |
Contents
Introduction | 2 |
The literature of devotion | 88 |
The epic poetry | 128 |
Pirapantam | 193 |
Literature in prose | 231 |
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A. K. RAMANUJAN akam akaval alias ancient antāti anthology beautiful became bhakti Bharati Bharatidasan born Brāhman canto cent century characters Chola Cilappatikāram classical collection commentary composed contains devotional diction divine elephant English epic erotic garland genre girl hero heroic Hindu History of Tamil hymns important Indian Jaina JESUDASAN K. V. ZVELEBIL Kampan Kāñci Kannaki kātal king Kuruntokai language lines literary Lord Madras married marutam Maturai medieval metre modern Tamil mother motif Murukan Nampi narrative Pandya Paripātal Pillai plays poems poet poetic Pondichéry popular prabandhas praise probably prose prosody published puram purāņas quatrains Rāma Rāvana Saiva Sanskrit says short story Sītā Śiva Smile of Murugan social songs stanzas style Sundara Tamil literature Tamil novel Tamil poetry Tamil Studies Tamilnādu temple texts themes tiņai Tirukkural Tiruvācakam Tolkāppiyam traditional transl translation V. V. S. Aiyar Vaisnava vañci venpā verse viruttam wife woman writing