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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.
Ancient Tamil music. edit. Naṉṉūl ( Tamil: நன்னூல்) is a work on Tamil grammar written by a Jain ascetic [ 1] Pavananthi Munivar around 13th century CE. [ 2] It is the most significant work on Tamil grammar after Tolkāppiyam. [ 2] The work credits Western Ganga vassal king Seeya Gangan of Kolar with patronising it. [ 3][ 4]
comparison of grammar taught in Tolkappiyam versus the grammar found in the oldest known Tamil-Brahmi and old-Tamil inscriptions [7] [21] comparison of grammar taught in Tolkappiyam versus the grammar found in the oldest known Tamil texts (Sangam era); [ 21 ] [ 28 ] this evidence covers items such as phonemic shapes, palatals, and the evolution ...
Tamil[ b] ( தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ⓘ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry, and the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore. [ 9][ 5] Tamil is also spoken by significant ...
Periyar and Tamil grammar. Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973) was a Dravidian social reformer and politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. [1] [2] [3] Periyar placed great importance on the Tamil language for its benefit and upliftment to the Tamil people and advocated for ...
Extended-Tamil script or Tamil-Grantha refers to a script used to write the Tamil language before the 20th century Tamil purist movement. Tamil-Grantha is a mixed-script: a combination of the conservative-Tamil script that independently evolved from pre-Pallava script, combined with consonants imported from a later-stage evolved Grantha script (from Pallava-Grantha) to write non-Tamil consonants.
Vatteluttu probably started developing from Tamil-Brahmi from around the 4th or 5th century AD. [2] [9] [10] The earliest forms of the script have been traced to memorial stone inscriptions from the 4th century AD. [2] It is distinctly attested in a number of inscriptions in Tamil Nadu from the 6th century AD. [4]
Throughout his poem, Poongundranar lays down the principles of his version of natural law. The first part of the poem deals with the basic principles of the 'Way of Order'(Tamil: முறை வழி, muṟai vazhi) which is his term for natural law. Every human of every town is of the same value because they are கேளிர் (related).