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Tolkappiyam divides various types of Tamil poetic forms into two, namely, kuruvenpāttu and neduvenpāttu. Kuruvenpāttu came to be called kural pāttu and, eventually, kural . [ 5 ] The word kural applies in general to something that is short or abridged.
Muyarchi (transl. Effort) is a 1953, Indian Tamil-language film directed by Joseph Pallippad. The film stars P. V. Narasimha Bharathi and Revathi. It was released on 5 June 1953.
As a teenager, Magizh Thirumeni was an avid reader of Tamil and Russian literature, and often wrote poetry and short stories revealing he found the experience "fulfilling". [1] He thus moved on to attempting novels and writing scripts, before being smitten by film-making.
முனுசாமி)(26 September 1913 – 4 January 1994), known by the public as Thirukkuralar Munusamy, was an Indian Tamil Scholar and politician highly regarded for his work on promoting the Tamil classical work of the Tirukkural and his time as a member of Indian Parliament during 1952–1957. [1]
Nālaṭiyār was composed by Jain monks. [1] It is an anthology in the venba metre and is pessimistic in its outlook. [2] It is divided into three sections, the first section focusing on the importance of virtuous life, second section on the governance and management of wealth, and the third smaller section on the pleasures.
Beschi also composed two other Tamil grammars and three dictionaries, covering Tamil-Latin, Tamil-Portuguese and Tamil-Tamil. He translated and explained in Latin the "Thirukkural", an epic poem of Thiruvalluvar. This Latin work was an eye opener for European intellectuals, enabling them to discover truth and beauty in Tamil literature.
Nāṉmaṇikkaṭikai (Tamil: நான்மணிக்கடிகை) is a Tamil poetic work of didactic nature belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts ...
Tamil tradition mentions academies of poets that composed classical literature over thousands of years before the common era, a belief that scholars consider a myth. Some scholars date the Sangam literature between c. 300 BCE and 300 CE, [ 6 ] while others variously place this early classical Tamil literature period a bit later and more ...