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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.
The puḷḷi a diacritical mark to distinguish pure consonants from consonants with inherent vowels only became prevalent in Tamil epigraphs after the 2nd century CE. [35] V. S. Rajam, a linguist specialised in Old Tamil, in her book A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry dates it to pre-fifth century CE. [36]
This type of information is rarely found in other classical Tamil literature. An epilogue ( patikams )is at the end of each ten. The theme, rhythm, metre, name and epilogues were added by the authors of the patikams at a later date, before the commentaries were written; the patikams , as well as the verses, have been annotated.
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Thanthi was the first Tamil paper to understand the people’s fascination with crime and film stars. The paper was popular and it was said that Tamils learned to read in order to read the newspaper. Dina Thanthi became one of the largest Tamil language dailies by circulation within a few years; it has been a leading Tamil daily since the 1960s.
[10] [11] There are also mentions where the king is looking similar to the god Murugan – the god of war (line 651). [5] The title of the poem Malaipatukatam, also spelled Malaipadukadam, [4] is found in lines 347–348 of the poem in the context of "roaring elephants in rut". [4] The title has been interpreted in two ways.
The Ten Idylls, known as Pattuppāṭṭu (Tamil: பத்துப்பாட்டு) or Ten Lays, is an anthology of ten longer poems in the Sangam literature ...
Sethiathoppu (Tamil: [seːttijaːttoːppɯ]) is a panchayat town in Bhuvanagiri, Tamil Nadu. It is situated on a crossroads of the Chennai – Thanjavur ( National Highway 24 ) highway. The town was established as a civilian town by the Cholas in the 11th century C.E.