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An illustration from the 1961 translation Strange surprising adventures of the venerable Gooroo Simple.... Guru Paramartha or Gooroo Paramartan is a fictional monk introduced in Tamil culture by Catholic missionary Constanzo Beschi (known for Tamils as Veeramamunivar) in his story Paramarthaguruvin Kadhai (பரமார்த்த குருவின் கதை - The Adventures of Guru ...
Athichudi Venpa. The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order.
Sundara Ramaswamy (30 May 1931 – 15 October 2005) [1] was an Indian novelist, poet, translator, and literary critic, widely considered to be a preeminent figure in post-Independence Tamil literature. [2] His notable works include "Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai", "J.J. Sila Kuripugal", "Kuzhanthaigal," "Pengal," and "Aangal."
The Tamil text was published in 1848 [6] and 1855 [7] and translated by S. M. Natesa Sastri as "Dravidian Nights" in 1886. The translation contains twelve stories in all. [8] Author V. A. K. Ayer also translated the compilation as Stories of King Madana Kama, published in 1962. [9]
Ramayana is one of the ancient Indian epics. According to Robert P. Goldman, the oldest parts of the Ramayana date to the mid-8th century BCE. [1] The story is narrated by the saint poet Valmiki and tells the tale of Prince Rama of the city of Ayodhya, who is banished into the forest, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana.
S. Ramakrishnan is a writer from Tamil Nadu, India.He is a full-time writer who has been active over the last 27 years in diverse areas of Tamil literature like short stories, novels, plays, children's literature and translations.
The Parthasarathy translation won the 1996 A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation. [70] The epic has been translated into French by the same Alain Daniélou and RN Desikan in 1961 (before his English translation), into Czech by Kamil Zvelebil in 1965, and into Russian by JJ Glazov in 1966. [71]
The two armies joined battle, and there was a severe combat under fifteen Indian (or six English) hours. The people of both armies were fainting for thirst, when in the midst of the Pandyan's troops a water-booth became visible, and Shiva within, in the shape of a Brahmin, caused Ganga in his crown of hair to pour forth her streams.