Tamil Studies: Essays on the History of the Tamil People, Language, Religion, and Literature |
Contents
THE ORIGIN OF MALAYALAM Introduc | 2 |
of the South according to the Sanskrit epics | 3 |
the preacademic period2 the academic | 6 |
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aboriginal Agastya ancient Tamil Aryan belong Brahmans Brahmi Buddhists Caldwell called castes century A. D. Chera Chera king Chola king consonants Dravi Dravida Dravidian languages Dravidian race earliest early Tamil eighth century existence Eyinas grammar Hindu hymns Indo-Aryan influence inscriptions Jainism Jains Kaikolas Kammalas Kanarese Kapilar Kerala letters literary lived Madura Mahabharata Malabar Malayalam Manikka Vachakar Nadu Nagas Nammalvar non-Aryan nouns origin Pallava Pallis Pandya Pandya country Pandya kings Paraiyas particles peculiar period poems poets puranas pure Tamil race Rama Ramayana reign religion religious right-hand roots sacred saints Saiva Sangam Sanskrit words says seems Silappadikaram Siva social South India Southern India Tamil alphabet Tamil country Tamil districts Tamil grammarians Tamil kings Tamil language Tamil literature Tamil scholars Tamil words Tamilians Telugu temples theory third academy tion Tirumangai Alvar Tolkapyar tradition tribes Vaishnava Vatteluttu Vedas Vellalas verbs village Vishnu vowels writing Yavanas