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... village , a Writer [ court official ] kindly asked , ' So what's the situation now ? ' ' Cami , ' I said , ' my father is now an old man , but he had to mortgage all the ancestral property , everything he owned , his little bit of land ...
... village , a Writer [ court official ] kindly asked , ' So what's the situation now ? ' ' Cami , ' I said , ' my father is now an old man , but he had to mortgage all the ancestral property , everything he owned , his little bit of land ...
Page 147
... village or a family . A personal touch is also present in Tamil folktales , despite their wide geographical distribution ; when finishing her story with the conventional wedding scene , a woman teller often points to her sari and says ...
... village or a family . A personal touch is also present in Tamil folktales , despite their wide geographical distribution ; when finishing her story with the conventional wedding scene , a woman teller often points to her sari and says ...
Page 169
... village [ a Brahmin agraharam ] tell tales.77 Because his mother died when he was young , ' every story - teller in the village would readily comply with the poor orphan's request for a story ' , he added . Fortunately , his step ...
... village [ a Brahmin agraharam ] tell tales.77 Because his mother died when he was young , ' every story - teller in the village would readily comply with the poor orphan's request for a story ' , he added . Fortunately , his step ...
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Aiyar Arumukam Bengali Beschi books printed Brahmin British Calcutta catechism Christian classical collection College Press colonial dictionary Dravidian early edition eighteenth century Ellis English essay Europe European folklorist folktales Fort St George George Town Guru Simpleton Henriques Hindu history of printing history of Tamil Indian folktales Indian languages interlingual Jesuit journal Kalvi Kalanciyam katai Katamancari later literary history literary practices London Lutherans Madras Presidency Madras University Madurai manuscript Marathi mid-century missionary modern Murdoch Muttusami Pillai narrative Natesa nation nationalist Native nineteenth century Nobili oral traditions Pancatantra Paraiyar poems poetry political popular Portuguese printed books printed folklore printing press Protestant published pundit-publishers pundits reform Sanskrit Sastri script south India St George story Tamil books Tamil grammar Tamil language Tamil literary culture Tamil literature Tamil printing Tamil pundits Tamil texts Tamil translation Tamil Vilakkam Tanjore Tantavaraya Mutaliyar Telugu Tirukkural Tranquebar Vepery Vernacular village writing written wrote