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Printing in Tamil language. First Tamil book was printed in Lisbon on 1554 AD with Romanized Tamil script. The introduction and early development of printing in South India is attributed to missionary propaganda and the endeavours of the British East India Company. Among the pioneers in this arena, maximum attention is claimed by the Jesuit ...
Biography A page from the first printed Tamil book - Luso-Tamil Catechism (Cartilha) printed in Lisbon in 1554 CE. It was rediscovered by Thaninayagam in the 1950s.
The first Tamil Printing press was set up at Punnaikkayal in 1579. The Tamil Types had been made by Fr. Joam de Faria. Fr. Henrique Henriques himself composed the following books in Tamil: Thambiran Vanakkam, Kiriiciththiyaani valvakkam, Confessionario (in Tamil: Kompeciyoonaayaru), and the Flos Sanctorum in Tamil, whose title has not come down to us, though we have the whole book.
Thambiran Vanakkam (also known as Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul in Portuguese; Tamil: தம்பிரான் வணக்கம்) is a Catholic catechism translated by Henrique Henriques and published on 20 October 1578 at Quilon, Venad. [1] It is the first printed work in an Indian language and script.
Henrique Henriques (also known as Anrique Anriquez) [1] (1520–1600) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who spent most of his life in missionary activities in South India. After his initial years in Goa he moved to Tamil Nadu where he mastered Tamil and wrote several books including a dictionary. He is considered to be the first European Tamil scholar.
In his 1969 book, C. Dandapani Desikar cites the work Studies in Tamil Literature, which lists several historical evidences about Valluvar's period: [4] Elaela Singan Chettiyar, historically known as a contemporary and friend of Valluvar, who has been mentioned as Elaela and Alara in Ceylon history, lived between 144 BCE and 101 BCE.
Hunt designed and developed improved Tamil type fonts some of which are still in use today. In 1865, John Murdoch, in his Classified Catalogue of Tamil Printed Books, wrote: "Tamil typography owes its present excellence mainly to Mr. P. R. Hunt, of the American Mission Press. With much labour, he superintended the cutting of the punches of several founts; the smallest size (brevier) he had ...
Tolkāppiyam, also romanised as Tholkaappiyam ( Tamil: தொல்காப்பியம் listen ⓘ , lit. "ancient poem" [1] ), is the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil literature. [2] [3] It is the earliest Tamil text mentioning Gods, perhaps linked to Hindu deities.