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The List of Tamil Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. [1] There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were used by Tamil people, it is harder to list all in one single article, the list shows a few proverbs.
Such scenes where cowgirls imitate Krishna's life story are also found in Sanskrit poems of Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana, both generally dated to be older than Cilappatikaram. [56] The Tamil epic calls portions of it as vāla caritai nāṭaṅkaḷ , which mirrors the phrase balacarita nataka – dramas about the story of the child [Krishna ...
The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words. It aims to inculcate good habits, discipline and doing good deeds.
Henry Alfred Krishnapillai (1827–1900) was a well-known poet in Tamil language.He was born in a Hindu family, but later converted to Christianity.He was an accomplished Tamil teacher and hence after his conversion sought to work on Tamil literary works.
The history of Tamil literature follows the history of Tamil Nadu, closely following the social, economical, political and cultural trends of various periods. The early Sangam literature, dated before 300 BCE, contain anthologies of various poets dealing with many aspects of life, including love, war, social values and religion. [1]
The text also elaborates the eight moods of Heroine, the Ashta Nayika, which has been an inspiration for many compositions and choreographic works in Indian classical dances. [2] Every night in the Jagannatha temple , the Gitagovinda of Jayadeva is sung in the style of Odissi music , a tradition that has continued unbroken since the time of ...
Gopalakrishna Bharathi was born at Narimanam, near Nagapattinam.He spent his early days in Mudikondan, near Thiruvarur.A few years later he moved to Anandathandavapuram village, near Mayavaram where he lived almost his entire life.
The Kural text has a total of 9310 cirs made of 12,000 Tamil words, of which about 50 words are from Sanskrit and the remaining are Tamil original words. [89] A manual count has shown that there are in total 42,194 letters in the entire work, with the shortest ones (kurals 833 and 1304) containing 23 letters and the longest ones (kurals 957 and ...