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Athichudi. 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.
They are Silappatikāram, Manimekalai, Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, Valayapathi and Kundalakesi. [1] Three of the five great epics of Tamil literature are attributed to Tamil Jains, while two are attributed to Tamil Buddhists. Cīvaka Cintāmaṇi, Cilappathikāram, and Valayapathi were written by Tamil Jains, while Manimekalai and Kundalakesi were ...
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.
t. e. Panchatantra. aka: Tantrakhyayika— Panchakhyana— Kalila wa Dimna— Calila e Dimna- The Lights of Canopus— The Fables of Bidpai/Pilpay— The Moral Philosophy of Doni— Tantri Kamandaka— Nandaka-prakarana. Stories. The Blue Jackal. The Tortoise and the Birds. The Bear and the Gardener. The Lion and the Mouse.
It is also revered as one of the Mahapuranas ( Periya Puranam – the right eye of Shiva, Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam – the left eye, and Kanda Purana – the third eye). It was authored by Saint Paranjothi, estimated 300 years ago. It narrates the 64 Tiruvilayadals (Lilas in Sanskrit), loosely translated as the "playful miracles of god (Shiva ...
Kuṟuntokai. Kuṟuntokai ( Tamil: குறுந்தொகை, meaning the short-collection [1]) is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the second of the Eight Anthologies ( Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. [2] The collection belongs to the akam (love) category, and each poem consists of 4 to 8 lines each (except poem 307 ...
Pudhumaipithan was the first Tamil writer to successfully use a dialect of Tamil other than that of Chennai or Tanjore. Most of his characters spoke the Tirunelveli dialect. His stories were set either in Madras or in Tirunelveli, the two places where he spent considerable portions of his life. His writing style had a mixture of colloquial and ...
Following is the list of recipients of Sahitya Akademi translation prizes for their works written in Tamil. The award, as of 2019, consisted of ₹ 50,000. [ 1] Year. Translator. Title of the translation. Original Title. Original Language. Genre.