Tolkāppiyam, also romanised as Tholkaappiyam (Tamil: தொல்காப்பியம் listen , lit. "ancient poem"), is the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text and the...

extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam (dated between 300 BCE and 300 CE). Modern Tamil writing is largely based...

Vedic sage Vasishtha. He is also mentioned in the Tamil grammar work Tolkāppiyam, as Kadalon the god of sea and rain. He is found in Japanese Buddhist...

the arrangement of the Katantra to those of the Aindra school and the Tolkāppiyam. New Catalogus Catalogorum. Vol. III. p. 306. "Sanskrit Dictionary"....

date, is definitely a later addition to the original Tolkāppiyam. According to the Tolkāppiyam preface, "the virtuous land in which Tamil is spoken as...

the Tolkāppiyam. Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th-century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam, with...

which is substantially similar to the writing system described in the Tolkāppiyam, an ancient Tamil grammar. Most notably, they used the puḷḷi to suppress...

floods. From the second Sangam, states the legend, the Akattiyam and the Tolkāppiyam survived and guided the third Sangam scholars. A prose commentary by...

the deity associated with the mullai tiṇai (pastoral landscape) in the Tolkappiyam. He is regarded to be the only deity who enjoyed the status of Paramporul...

and particles). The ancient work on the grammar of the Tamil language, Tolkāppiyam, argued to have been written around 2nd century CE, classifies Tamil...

the deity associated with the mullai tiṇai (pastoral landscape) in the Tolkappiyam. Tamil Sangam literature (200 BCE to 500 CE) mentions Mayon or the "dark...

the deity associated with the mullai tiṇai (pastoral landscape) in the Tolkappiyam. He is regarded to be the only deity who enjoyed the status of Paramporul...

floods. From the second Sangam, states the legend, the Akattiyam and the Tolkāppiyam survived and guided the third Sangam scholars. Agastya convened this...

script called Tamil Brahmi. The earliest long text in Old Tamil is the Tolkāppiyam, an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics, whose oldest layers could...

present day Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Tolkāppiyam (2nd to 1st century BCE) indicates the borders of Tamilakam as Tirumala...

underline the universality of the feelings expressed in their poetry. The Tolkāppiyam identifies ten categories of names. An̲n̲i Mirutalakumāri Tāmacu claims...

identified with Murugan, whose name is literally Murukaṉ "the youth" in the Tolkāppiyam; Extant Sangam literature works, dated between the third century BCE...

Ulā Grammars and dictionaries Agattiyam Nannūl Purapporul Venbamaalai Tolkāppiyam Caturakarāti Tamil Lexicon dictionary History Yāḻpāna Vaipava Mālai Mathematics...

Topics in Sangam literature Sangam literature Agattiyam Tolkāppiyam Eighteen Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai...

commentators Pingala (c. 200 BC), Katyayana, and Patanjali (2nd century BC). Tolkāppiyam, the earliest Tamil grammar, is mostly dated to before the 5th century...

is largely based on the 13th-century grammar book Naṉṉūl based on the Tolkāppiyam and the Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu, sol, poruḷ...

concerns many subjects including wars, kings, poets and personal virtues. Tolkāppiyam, the earliest work of Tamil grammar and literature available in Tamil...

e. mid-April as the commencement of the year in the Puṟanāṉūṟu. The Tolkappiyam is the oldest surviving Tamil grammar text that divides the year into...

3rd century CE. The third version, assumed to be the basis for early Tolkāppiyam, evolved into the modern Tamil script. The Bhattiprolu script is related...

grammar called Virasoliyam. Commentaries were written on the great text Tolkāppiyam which deals with grammar but which also mentions ethics of warfare. Periapuranam...

composition of eighteen minor poetic works Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku; while Tolkāppiyam, the earliest grammarian work in the Tamil language was developed. Also...

Murugan on Tamil literature of South India. Leiden. Zvelebil dates the Ur-Tolkappiyam to the 1st or 2nd century BCE Ramaswamy, Vijaya (1993). "Women and Farm...

known for its dramatic and lyrical qualities and which, according to Tolkappiyam is well suited to express the emotions of the lovers. There is repetition...

of resources. Ancient Tamil Sangam literature and grammatical works, Tolkappiyam; the ten anthologies, Pattuppāṭṭu; and the eight anthologies, Eṭṭuttokai...

Year Date Event 200 BCE Kuninda Kingdom is established. Tolkāppiyam describes the grammar and morphology of Tamil; it is the oldest existing Tamil grammar...