Handbook of Oriental Studies, Part 2 |
Contents
The Rediscovery of Tamil Classical Literature | 5 |
Questions of Authenticity and Attribution Integrity | 22 |
Periodisation of Tamil Literature | 28 |
Problems of Relative and Absolute Chronology | 34 |
Beginnings PreHistory of Tamil Literature | 47 |
The Bardic Corpus | 80 |
The Literature of Bhakti A D 600900 | 130 |
Early Medieval Period A D 9001200 | 166 |
Late Medieval Period A D 12001750 Part II | 233 |
Biographical Data of the Most Prolific Classical Tamil | 265 |
On Tamil Prosody | 278 |
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14th cent 9th cent Academy According Agastya AHTL akam akaval alias ancient anthologies aphorisms Aryan ascribed Auvaiyar bardic bhakti Brāhmaṇ Campantar Cankam Centamil Chera Chola classical commentary on Tol composed contains Cuntarar earliest early edition epic G. U. Pope genre grammar History of Tamil HTLL hymns inscriptions Jaina Jesudasan JORM K. A. N. Sastri Kampan Kapilar king kurińci Kuruntokai late later legend lines literary Madras marutam Maturai medieval mentioned metre Murukan Nacc Nakkirar Nampi pālai Pallava Pandya Paraṇar patikams period Peruntokai poems poet poetry praise probably Pulavar purāņas quotes Rāmānuja refers Saiva Sangam Sanskrit scholars Siddha Śiva Smile of Murugan songs South India stanzas story Studies T. P. Meenakshisundaram Tamil ilakkiya Tamil Language Tamil literature Tēcikar temple Tirukkural Tirumurai Tolkāppiyam tradition translation U. V. Swaminatha Aiyar Vaiṣṇava Vaiyapuri Pillai veņpā verses viruttam Zvelebil