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Thamizhachi Thangapandian, also known as Sumathy, is an Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer. [1] She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Chennai South constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Purananuru is notable for three features: the king and his believed powers over the climate and environment (rains, sunshine, successful crops), the ancient Tamil belief in the power of women's purity, namely karpu (chastity), Belief in establishing righteousness by performing Yagams and considering Brahmins pure cause they recite the holy Four ...
Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai (27 July 1876 – 26 September 1954) was a renowned Tamil poet from the village of Theroor in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, India. His works encompass a wide range of genres including devotional songs, literary and historical poetry, children's songs, nature poems, social themes, and nationalistic verses.
The first English translation by a native scholar (i.e., scholar who is a native speaker of Tamil) was made in 1915 by T. Tirunavukkarasu, who translated 366 couplets into English. The first complete English translation by a native scholar was made the following year by V. V. S. Aiyar, who translated the
Neṭunalvāṭai (Tamil: நெடுநல்வாடை, lit. "good long north wind", metonymically "cold season") is an ancient Tamil poem in the Sangam ...
Devasena is described as the daughter of the Prajapati Daksha in the Mahabharata, while some Sanskrit scriptures consider her as the daughter of Indra, the king of the devas (gods), and his wife Shachi. In the Tamil iteration of the Skanda Purana, she is portrayed as the daughter of the god Vishnu, who is later adopted by Indra.
He studied Tamil from Uzhalur Velappa Desikar, Varathappa Mudaliar, and Vaduganatha Thambiran. He has studied English, Telugu, Kannada, Hindustani, Marathi & Sanskrit. He learned Tamil grammar from Mahavithuvan Ramanuja Kavirayar and Saravana Perumalayar. He has been the leading Tamil poet of the Chennai Education Society.
Kamil Zvelebil, a Tamil literature and history scholar, states that the majority of the poems in the Kuruntokai were likely composed between the 1st century BCE and the 2nd century CE. [5] The Kuruntokai manuscript colophon states that it was compiled by Purikko (உரை), however nothing is known about this compiler or the patron.