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... early modern texts , it appears that Tamil literature was always characterised by a fluid interaction between sophisticated literary technique , oral tradition and writing . The literary talent is evident in the texts themselves , and ...
... early modern texts , it appears that Tamil literature was always characterised by a fluid interaction between sophisticated literary technique , oral tradition and writing . The literary talent is evident in the texts themselves , and ...
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... early period is described in Anne Monius's excellent study of Tamil Buddhist texts , especially the Viracoliyam ( c . AD 1000 ) which codified the rules for Tamilising Sanskrit words ; this sometimes wholesale incorporation of Sanskrit ...
... early period is described in Anne Monius's excellent study of Tamil Buddhist texts , especially the Viracoliyam ( c . AD 1000 ) which codified the rules for Tamilising Sanskrit words ; this sometimes wholesale incorporation of Sanskrit ...
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Stuart H. Blackburn. Fortune has not smiled on these early Tamil books . As mentioned above , after the copy in the Leiden University library disappeared sometime before the early eighteenth century , no known copy survives of the 1577 ...
Stuart H. Blackburn. Fortune has not smiled on these early Tamil books . As mentioned above , after the copy in the Leiden University library disappeared sometime before the early eighteenth century , no known copy survives of the 1577 ...
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