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________________ JAINA LITERATURE IN TAMIL 129 and concise account of Tamil grammar, because the earlier Tamil works were huge and elaborate. From the introductory verses it is clear that this was composed before the destruction of the Jaina 'temple at Mylapore by a tidal wave. Hence it must be placed in the early centuries of the Christian era. It consists of 2 main chapters Eļuttadikāram and Solladikāram. It is composed in the well-known veņbā metre. It is printed together with a well-known old commentary in the Tamil journal Sentamil issued by the authorities of the Tamil Sangam at Madurai. The next work on Tamil grammar we have to notice is Nannūl', 'the good book.' It is the most 1. The following are the editions of Nannūl 1) Nannül, Text and commentary, Ed. by Arumuga swamigal, 1873; 2) Nannūl, Text and commentary, Ed. by K. Rajagopala Pillai, 1880; 3) Nanşul, Text and commentary, Ed. by Arumuga Navalar, Madras, 1880 and 1886; 4) Nannul, Eluttadikāram, Text and commentary, 1886; 5) Nansül, Text and commentary, Ed. by Ponnuswamy Mudaliar, 1886; 6) Nannūl, Text and commentary, Ed. by Srinivasa Mudaliar, Madras, 1888; 7) Nanūl, Text, Ed. by Namachchivaya Chettiyar, Madras, 1889; 8) Nannūl, Text and commentary, 1889; 9) Nannūl, Eluttadikäram, Text and commentary, Madras, 1889; 10) Nannūl, Colladikūram,Text and commentary, Madras, 1890; 11) Nannūl, Text and commentary, Ed. by Sathagopa Ramanujachariyar, Madras, 1892; III edn. Ed. by Sathagopa Ramanujachariyar and Krishnamachariyar, Madras, 1900; Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001627
Book TitleJaina Literature in Tamil
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorA Chakravarti, K V Ramesh
PublisherBharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year1974
Total Pages258
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Literature, & Religion
File Size12 MB
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