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A. Dakshinamurthy
Professor A. Dakshinamurthy (born 1938 in Neduvakkottai, Mannargudi Taluk, Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India) is an eminent Tamil language, Tamil scholar, writer, and an English translator of classical, medieval and modern Tamil literature. He is a pioneer in the field of translation of Classical Tamil works. He is best known for his complete and faithful English translations of 19 ancient classical Tamil literature for the very first time in history between the period of 1999-2012. The Government of India honored him with the Presidential Award for lifetime achievement in Classical Tamil, 'The Tolkappiyar Award' for the year 2015. Career Dakshinamurthy became interested in Tamil language, Tamil studies under Tamil scholars including T. P. Meenakshisundaran and Mahavidwan S. Dhandapani Desikar. He started his career in 1962 at V. S. Boys High school, Thiruvarur. Since then, he has served in many institutions like the A. V. C. College, A. V. C College, Mayiladuthurai, A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Language
Tamil (; ' , ) 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, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Puducherry. Tamil is also spoken by significant minorities in the four other South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is also spoken by the Tamil diaspora found in many countries, including Malaysia, Myanmar, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. Tamil is also natively spoken by Sri Lankan Moors. One of 22 scheduled languages in the Constitution of India, Tamil was the first to be classified as a classical language of India. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving classical languages of India.. "Tamil is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India" (p. 7). A. K. Ramanujan described it as "the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neṭunalvāṭai
__NOTOC__ ''Neṭunalvāṭai'' ( ta, நெடுநல்வாடை, ''lit''. "good long north wind", metonymically "cold season") is an ancient Tamil poem in the Sangam literature. Also referred to as ''Nedunalvadai'', it is a blend of a love and war story, highlighting the pains of separation of a queen waiting for her lover to return from the distant war. Authored by Nakkirar, it is the seventh poem in the '' Pattuppāṭṭu'' anthology. The poem is generally dated to the late classical period (2nd to 4th century CE). Nedunalvadai contains 188 lines of poetry in the ''akaval'' metre. It is a poem of complex and subtle artistic composition, its vividness and language has won it many superlatives, including one by the Tamil literature scholar Kamil Zvelebil, as "the best or one of the best of the lays of the angambardic corpus". According to G. John Samuel, the "Netunalvatai belongs to the great corpus of ancient classical erotic poems of the world which include the beaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maturaikkāñci
''Maduraikanchi'' (), is an ancient Tamil poem in the Sangam literature. It is a didactic poem and its title connotes the "poetic counsel addressed to the king of Madurai". Composed by Mankuti Marutanar – probably the chief court poet of the Pandya king Nedunjeliyan II, the ''Maduraikkāñci'' is the sixth poem in the ''Pattuppāṭṭu'' anthology. The poem is generally dated to the late classical period (2nd to 4th century CE). ''Maduraikkanci'' is the longest poem in the ''Pattuppāṭṭu'' collection with 782 lines of poetry. Many of the verses are in ''akaval'' meter and others in ''vanci'' meter. It is a detailed description of life and bustle in the ancient city of Madurai. The poem praises the king for all his accomplishments and strengths. Embedded indirectly within the poem is the poet's counsel to the king on justice, the impermanence of everything in life, and the proper rule of the kingdom. In addition to Madurai, the poem is another source of historic informa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullaippāṭṭu
''Mullaippāṭṭu'' ( ta, முல்லைப்பாட்டு, ''lit.'' "the forest or jungle song") is an ancient Tamil poem in the Sangam literature. Authored by Napputanar, it is the shortest poem in the Ten Idylls (''Pattuppāṭṭu'') anthology, consisting of 103 lines in ''akaval'' meter. It is largely an ''akam''-genre (love) poem about a wife in grief when her husband does not return from the war front, when he promised he will. The ''Mullaippattu'' weaves her sorrow with her attempts at patience and self-control. The poem was likely composed about 230 CE or slightly later, according to Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature scholar. The title of the poem ''Mullaippattu'' refers to the creeper ''mullai'' (jasmine) that carries sweet-smelling flowers in the jungles of South India, states Chelliah. It metonymically connotes the jungle home and sweet wife a warrior chieftain left when he went on his military campaign. He promised to return before the rains. The rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
__NOTOC__ ''Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai'' ( ta, பெரும்பாணாற்றுப்படை, ''lit.'' "guide for bards with the large lute") is an ancient Tamil poem in the ''Pattuppattu'' anthology of the Sangam literature. It contains 500 lines in the ''akaval'' meter. It is one of five ''arruppatai'' genre poems and was a guide to other bards seeking a patron for their art. Set as a praise for chieftain Tonataiman Ilantiraiyan of the Kanchi territory, it was composed by Uruttirankannanar sometime around 190–200 CE, states Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature scholar. While the poem is from the 2nd century, it was likely added to the ''Pattuppāṭṭu'' anthology in the 4th or 5th century CE, states Dennis Hudson – an Indologist and World Religions scholar. The ''Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai'' poem, also referred to as ''Perumpanattrupadai'', is named after ''perumpanar'' – a class of minstrels who sang their bards while playing a large lute. The poem pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai
''Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai'' ( ta, சிறுபாணாற்றுப்படை, ''lit.'' "guide for bards with the small lute") is an ancient Tamil poem, likely the last composed in the ''Pattuppattu'' anthology of the Sangam literature. It contains 296 lines in the ''akaval'' meter. It is one of five ''arruppatai'' genre poems and was a guide to other bards seeking a patron for their art. The main hero honored in the poem is Nalliyakkotan, but the poem reverentially mentions an additional seven minor chieftains and three kings. The poem is dated to sometime between the late 3rd century CE and 5th century CE by Kamil Zvelebil – a Tamil literature scholar. The ''Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai'' poem, also referred to as ''Sirupanattrupadai'', is named after ''sirupanar'' – a class of minstrels who sang their bards while playing a small ''yal'' (''yazh'', lute). The poem's subject is a band of bards and their womenfolk who meet the author, and he guides them in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai
__NOTOC__ ''Tirumurukātṟuppadai'' ( ta, திருமுருகாற்றுப்படை, meaning ''Guide to Lord Murugan'') is an ancient intensely devotional Tamil poem in the Sangam literature genre entirely dedicated to god Murugan. Murugan is described as the nephew of the god Vishnu, who is called Mayon or the ruler of the worlds. Authored by Nakkiranar, it is the first poem in the Ten Idylls (''Pattuppāṭṭu'') anthology. The poem is generally dated to the late classical period (2nd to 4th century CE), with some scholars suggesting it may have been composed a few centuries later. The anthologies and poems of the Sangam literature have numerous references and verses to Murugan – also known as Subrahmanya, Kumara, Skanda, Kartikeya in other parts of India. The ''Tirumurukarruppatai'' poem is exclusively about different manifestations and shrines of Murugan. It describes different major temples dedicated to him in the Tamil region, six locations, the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SRM Institute Of Science And Technology
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), formerly SRM University, is a private higher education institute deemed to be university, located in Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, it gained the deemed status in 2002. SRM Institute of Science and Technology includes six campuses, four in Tamil Nadu — Kattankulathur, Ramapuram and Vadapalani, and Tiruchirappalli, one in Andhra Pradesh — Amaravati, and one in NCR Delhi. History The first college of what is now SRMIST, SRM Engineering College, was established in 1985, followed by the rest of the SRM colleges in 1992 to 1997. The institute gained deemed status in 2002 as SRM Institute of Science and Technology and renamed SRM University in 2006. In 2017, it was renamed back to SRM Institute of Science and Technology following the UGC request to drop "University" from the name. Campuses Kattankulathur campus Located about away f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pattuppāṭṭu
The Ten Idylls, known as Pattuppāṭṭu ( ta, பத்துப்பாட்டு) or Ten Lays, is an anthology of ten longer poems in the Sangam literature – the earliest known Tamil literature. They range between about 100 and 800 lines, and the collection includes the celebrated Nakkīrar's ''Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai'' (lit. "Guide to Lord Murukan"). The collection was termed as "Ten Idylls" during the colonial era, though this title is considered "very incorrect" by Kamil Zvelebil – a scholar of Tamil literature and history. He suggests "Ten Lays" as the more apt title. Five of these ten ancient poems are lyrical, narrative bardic guides (''arruppatai'') by which poets directed other bards to the patrons of arts such as kings and chieftains. The others are guides to religious devotion (Murugan) and to major towns, sometimes mixed with akam- or puram-genre poetry. The ''Pattuppāṭṭu'' collection is a later dated collection, with its earliest layer composed som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kainnilai
Kainnilai (Tamil:கைந்நிலை), and Innilai (Tamil:இன்னிலை) are Tamil poetic works belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts (''Pathinenkilkanakku'') anthology of Tamil literature. These two books together form the eighteenth book in the anthology, belonging to the 'post Sangam period' corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE. ''Kainnilai'' contains sixty poems written by the poet Pullangkaathanaar(புல்லங்காட) and ''Innilai'' contains 45 poems and was written by the poet Poigayaar(பொய்கையார). The poems of ''Innilai'' deal with the ethical concepts of ''aram'' – propriety, ''porul'' – wealth, ''inpam'' – love and ''veedu'' – salvation. In this respect it is similar to ''Tirukkural'' which also concerns with these concepts. ''Kainnilai'' is available in a much-damaged condition with many of its poems only partially available. ''Kainnilai'' deals with the subjective (''agam'') concepts. ''Agam'' in the Sangam li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
