Roots of Tamil Religious ThoughtStudy based on the earliest extant literary texts in Tamil. |
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abode According akam akam poems akaval Aravanan bards bhakti religion bra:hmans cankam Cevve chieftain classical corpus classical poems classical Tamil classical Tamil poetry classical Tamil texts Co:la king collection colophon comm commentary commentators composed compositions concept context convention da:na devotee divine donors Dravidian early Tamil culture early Tamil society edited extant fame gift giving gods heroic hill Ilam important India invocatory Kailasapathy 1968 kali Kalit Kuruntokai landscape literary love poems Madras Madurai marutam means medieval metre mode mountain mullai Murukan Nacci Nakki:ran Nallantuvana:r names neytal notion nu:r pa:lai Pa:ri pa:ta:n poems Pari paricil patron pattu Pe:kan person poet poetic Pondicherry PPVM praise puram Rajam Ramanujan references region religious thought ritual Sanskrit scholars secular significance SISS Śiva song space suggested suppliants talaivan Tamil language Tamil literature Tamilakam temple term themes tiņai Tirukkural Tiruma:1 tradition Vaiyai Vaiyapuri Pillai verse Zvelebil