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Poet who criticised the Brahminic beliefs
Dont get me wrong I didnt say Bogar was a myth.... I said there are more myths than facts.... I acknowledge that Bogar was very well a true person...but whether the stories associated with him is true or myth is unknown... I havent seen any critic…
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Poet who criticised the Brahminic beliefs
Nakkirar is dated any where between 6-9 th century The most famous work of this Nakkirar is a commentary to Iraivanar Agaporul....since time period of Thirumurgatrupadai is also same... It is widely accepted that these two Nakkirars are same.... The…
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Poet who criticised the Brahminic beliefs
HI , This is a quick reply.... There are series of poems,where he questions the rituals of brahmins.... Kamil Zvelebil goes on to say he questioned the Brahmin domination in relegion so much that....even though his work was about Siva and was deeply…
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how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
Hi, This is my perspective of the event, toddy pots are usually tied to coconut or palm trees and are removed when it needs to drunk. I have seen this in lot of movies!.... So basically pot which is tied over the tree has these inscriptions. …
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how literate can a toddy gather be in ancient india
Unfortunately we cant determine that...all the eedu shelf life is 200 yrs max...so every script we have present day was copy of the old palm script by some person ...except for few palm leaves stored in Tibet while bhuddist from Tn went to Tibet. Pa…
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History of Murugan form Pre History to Sangam
Hi, Thank you for your valuable comments. I will edit my article soon and give more references and footnotes with more quotes from Sangam Literature(Murugan as hill deity and various rituals performed to him). I had lot of data and reference b…
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May 2008
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History of Murugan form Pre History to Sangam
Hi, Very true - The knowledge we get imparted by ur curiosity, books, learning is what Lord Muruga gives. My interest is Tamil Literature itself was gift of Lord Muruga. The first book I read about Tamil Literature is Smile of Murugan by Kamil V…
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May 2008
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Kallai matum kandal song
Rajalaskshmi rajan Srinivasan than Srivasan sei intha vishnu dasan than.... Rajalakshmi Srinivasan Son Kamal Hassan gr8!
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May 2008
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will they accept as Tamil name?
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will they accept as Tamil name?
'Dravida' is a sanskrit word used to denote Tamilians. If I am right it was Cladwell in 18th century who coined the term for Linguistic purpose. Its like, we use aangilam to denote English, similarly sanskrit used Dravida for Tamilian &g…
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will they accept as Tamil name?
'Dravida' is a sanskrit word used to denoted tamilians. If i am writed it was Cladwell in 18th centurey who coined the term for Linguistic purpose. Its like, we use aangilam to denote english, similarly sanskrit used Dravida for Tamilian
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May 2008
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Beautiful description of Madurai from Silapadikaram
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April 2008
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Beautiful description of Madurai from Silapadikaram
Hi, This is what i picked out of wikipedia.....please wiki chives...there is a beautiful picture also of chives.... Culinary uses for chives involve shredding its leaves (straws) for use as condiment for fish, potatoes and soups. Because of this, it…
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April 2008
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Beautiful description of Madurai from Silapadikaram
Hi, Modagam is something like idly ...i guessed it should be idly first since it is steamed...idly is steamed...i went through lexicon modagam seems to be a ball made of rice flour and steamed....must be similar to modaga kolakatai of our days with …
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Contemprory tamil Scholars
Hi, I would probably add UV Swaminathan Iyer ...since ha laso worked during the period Barathi was there. I would also add Puthumai Pithan,La Sa Ramamirthan,Jayakanthan,Sujatha.....
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April 2008
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