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  2. Glossary of names for the Tirukkural - Wikipedia

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    The most common alias used of the Kural text. It is also given in English as "The Universal Scripture", "The Universal Veda" and "The Universal Bible". 11: தமிழ்மனு நூல் (Tamilmanu ṉūl) The book of Tamil Manu: Traditional: Parimelalhagar's commentary (c. 13th century CE) One of the twelve most traditional names. [9] 12

  3. Commentaries in Tamil literary tradition - Wikipedia

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    Bhashyas, which are "commentary" or "exposition" of any primary or secondary text, started appearing in Sanskrit literature in the first millennia BCE.Among the earliest known Bhashya are the Maha-bhashya of Patanjali from the 2nd century BCE, [4] and Sabara Bhashya of the Mimamsa school of Hinduism, dated to have been likely composed between 100 BCE and 200 CE, but no later than the 5th ...

  4. Kural - Wikipedia

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    [33] The term tiru has as many as 19 different meanings in Tamil. [34] Kuṟaḷ means something that is "short, concise, and abridged." [1] Etymologically, kuṟaḷ is the shortened form of kuṟaḷ pāttu, which is derived from kuruvenpāttu, one of the two Tamil poetic forms explained by the Tolkappiyam, the other one being neduvenpāttu. [35]

  5. Five Great Epics - Wikipedia

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    In Mayilainathar's commentary (14th century CE) on the grammar Naṉṉūl, there is the first mention of aimperumkappiyam, the five great epics of Tamil literature. [ 27 ] Each of these epics have long cantos, like in Cilappatikāram , which has 30 referred as monologues sung by any character in the story or by an outsider as his monologue ...

  6. Muyarchi - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Iraiyanar Akapporul - Wikipedia

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    The Iraiyanar Akapporul in its present form is a composite work, containing three distinct texts with different authors. These are sixty nūṟpās which constitute the core of the original Iraiyanar Akapporul, a long prose commentary on the nūṟpās, and a set of poems called the Pāṇṭikkōvai which are embedded within the commentary.

  8. Nālaṭiyār - Wikipedia

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    The Nālaṭiyār (Tamil: நாலடியார்) is a Tamil poetic work of didactic nature belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts (Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku) anthology of Tamil literature. This belongs to the post Sangam period corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE. Nālaṭiyār contains 400 poems, each containing four lines. Every ...

  9. Thirukkuralar V. Munusamy - Wikipedia

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    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]