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Nakkīraṉãr. Nakkīraṉãr, sometimes spelled Nakkirar or Nakkiranar, was a post- Sangam era Tamil poet. [1] [2] He is credited with the devotional poem to the Hindu god Murugan in the Pattuppāṭṭu anthology, titled Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai. [1] [3] In the historic Tamil tradition, he is believed to have also authored a second poem in ...
Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu, sol, poruḷ, yāppu, and aṇi. Of these, the last two are mostly applicable in poetry. [ 1] The following table gives additional information about these parts. Eḻuttu (writing) defines and describes the letters of the Tamil alphabet and their classification.
Beschi also composed two other Tamil grammars and three dictionaries, covering Tamil-Latin, Tamil-Portuguese and Tamil-Tamil. He translated and explained in Latin the "Thirukkural", an epic poem of Thiruvalluvar. This Latin work was an eye opener for European intellectuals, enabling them to discover truth and beauty in Tamil literature.
Parimelalhagar ( Tamil: பரிமேலழகர்) ( c. 13th century CE ), sometimes spelled Parimelazhagar, born Vanduvarai Perumal, was a Tamil poet and scholar known for his commentary on the Thirukkural. [1] He was the last among the canon of ten medieval commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by scholars. [2] [3] He was ...
Paridhi. Paridhi (c. 11th century CE), also referred to as Paridhiyaar, was a Tamil literary commentator known for his commentary on the Thirukkural. [1] He was among the canon of ten medieval commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by scholars. [2]
Tamil is a consistently head-final language. The verb comes at the end of the clause, with a typical word order of subject–object–verb (SOV). [ 111][ 112] However, word order in Tamil is also flexible, so that surface permutations of the SOV order are possible with different pragmatic effects.
Tamil Lexicon ( Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras, it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date. On the basis of several precursors, including Rottler's Tamil–English ...
Pari Perumal (c. 11th century CE), also known as Kaviperumal, was a Tamil scholar and commentator known for his commentary on the Thirukkural. [1] He was among the canon of Ten Medieval Commentators of the Kural text most highly esteemed by scholars. [2] He was also among the five ancient commentators whose commentaries had been preserved and ...