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Veṇpā is a closely related family of very strict [6] Tamil verse forms. They differ chiefly in the number of standard lines that occur before the final short line. In kuṟaḷ-veṇpā (or simply "kural") a single 4-foot ("standard") line is followed by a final 3-foot ("short") line, resulting in a 7-foot couplet. [7]
Pronounced Sa-tha-naar, the name is derived from (Tamil: சாத்து, sāttu) meaning Buddhist monk. [2] Applying this principle to the name Maturai Kulavāṇikan Cāttan, the author of Manimekalai, we see that the two appellations Maturai and Kulavanikan were prefixed to his name in order to distinguish him from another poet of Maturai with the same name and from a third who lived ...
In 1938, S. Vaiyapuri Pillai, head of the Tamil research department at the University of Madras, published a book containing the verse collections of Muthollaayiram. [ 2 ] In 1943, S. Vaiyaapuri Pillai wrote in a journal opining that there could only be 300 songs on each rulers, making only 900 songs in total.
For example, unlike the Pratisakhyas and the later Tamil, the first book of Tolkappiyam does not treat /ṭ/ and /ṇ/ as retroflex. [54] Book 2 Sollatikaram "Sol" meaning "word", and the second book deals with "etymology, morphology, semantics and syntax", states Zvelebil. [53] The sutras cover compounds, some semantic and lexical issues.
The poem is divided into 10 sections (pattu) of about 100 verses each.Each hundred is divided into 10 decads (tiruvaymoli) 28 of 10 verses (pasuram) each.A special feature of the poem is that it is in the style of an antati, that is, the last words of one verse forms the opening words of the next one.
In that work, the detailed meaning given by Thiru Narayana Iyengar for the Kamban song that begins "Vanthethire thozhuthaanai" were refuted by Naavalar Somasundara Bharathiar. Thiru Narayana Iyengar's reply to that rebuttal with detailed grammatical explanations and poetic nuances are even today a feast for the lovers of the Tamil language. [5]
The poem begins with the birth of Joseph, called Valan. He becomes a staunch ascetic who later marries Mary, a resolute virgin. Through divine intervention, Mary gives birth to a son.
The Periya Tirumoli (Tamil: பெரிய திருமொழி, romanized: Periya Tirumoḻi, lit. 'Grand sacred verses') is a work of Tamil Hindu literature , consisting of 1,084 hymns. It was written by the poet-saint Tirumangai Alvar . [ 1 ]