Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical TamilA. K. Ramanujan Poet, translator, folklorist A. K. Ramanujan has been recognised as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. In this volume, A. K. Ramanujan translates old Tamil poems selected from anthologies compiled around two millennia ago. This edition contains a new preface by Molly Daniels-Ramanujan. |
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A. K. Ramanujan afterword Ainkurunuru akam and puram akam poems akaval Auvaiyār bamboo bangles bards battle bees bhakti bilberry bird buds Cankam cassia chariots chieftain classical Tamil cool crabs culture dance dancers dark desert drums Eight Anthologies elements elephants enemy eyes flowers forest formulaic foster-mother garlands genres girl friend goddess hair heart hero heroic heron hill honey India jackfruit jasmine Kailasapathy Kalittokai Kāma Kannada Kapilar king kurińci Kuruntokai landscape language lily look lord Love and War love poems lover Madras marutam metaphor meter metonymy mother mound of love mountain mullai Murukan names Nammalvar nēr neytal night nirai old commentary oral pălai Pāri Pāri's Patirruppattu peacock poetic poets portia tree praise puram poems Puranāṇūru rains Ramanujan rice Sanskrit seashore Śiva spears sweet Tamil poems Tamil poetry texts themes things tiger tigerclaw tree Tolkappiyam tradition translator warriors wear wedding wilderness woman women words young