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Much of Tamil grammar is extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam (dated between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th century grammar Naṉṉūl , which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam with some modifications.
From the 11th century AD onwards the Tamil script displaced the Pallava-Grantha as the principal script for writing Tamil. [6] [2] In what is now Kerala, Vatteluttu continued for a much longer period than in Tamil Nadu by incorporating characters from Pallava-Grantha to represent Sanskrit loan words in early Malayalam.
Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu. Nambiyandar Nambi compiled the first seven volumes by Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar as Tevaram during the 12th century.
Tiruvalluva Maalai (c. 7th century CE) One of the twelve most traditional names. [9] The chief name of the work used since the Medieval Era. One of the two chief names that the work is known by today. 3: அறம் (Aṟam) Variant: தமிழறம் (Tamiḻaṟam) Virtue Tamil virtue: Alathur Kilar [1]
The process of writing simplified commentaries began in 1949 with M. Varadharajan's exegesis on the Tirukkural titled Tirukkural Thelivurai, [33] [34] whose 175th edition was published in 2003. [33] Several similar commentaries started appearing on other ancient works such as the Tolkappiyam and the Athichudi.
Tamil’s writing system is widely believed to be inspired by the Asokan Brahmi system, which is the original Indian script that all modern Indian script derived from. [36] There are 5 main categories of writing system which are the alphabet, abugida, abjad, syllabary, and semanto-phonetic. Old Tamil’s writing system fits under the abugida.
Authored by Nakkirar, it is the seventh poem in the Pattuppāṭṭu anthology. [5] The poem is generally dated to the late classical period (2nd to 4th century CE). [6] Nedunalvadai contains 188 lines of poetry in the akaval metre. [4]
Thiru Vi.Kalyanasundaram was born in Thuluva Vellala family in the village of Thullam, presently called Thandalam in Chengalpet district, near Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 1883.