''Thambiran Vanakkam'' (also known as ''Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul'' in
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
; ta, தம்பிரான் வணக்கம்) is a
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
catechism translated by
Henrique Henriques and published on 20 October 1578 at
Quilon
Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city ...
,
Venad
Venad was a medieval kingdom lying between the Western Ghat mountains and the Arabian Sea on the south-western tip of India with its headquarters at the port city of Kollam/Quilon.Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Is ...
. It is the first printed work in an Indian language and script.
See also
*
Printing in Tamil language
References
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Printing in India
Tamil-language literature
History of Kollam
External links
Thambiran Vanakkam