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JULY, 1975
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Jain Youth Forum Publications on the occasion of the 2500th Nirvana Anniversary of Bhagavan Mahavira :
1. SAINARIN TAMIL ELAKKANA NANKODAI: K.P. Aravanan : Madras, 1974 : xvi+482 : Price Rs. 25.00.
2. INDIRAKALIYAM : ed. by K. P. Aravanan : Madras, 1974 : Pages viii+viji +-24 : Price Rs. 2.00.
3. AMUTHASAKARAM : ed by K. P. Aravanan : Madras, 1974 : Pages ix +80 : Price Rs. 4.00.
4. NARIVIRUTTAM : Vidwan V. Arumugan Servai : Madras, 1975 : Pages xiïi+67 : Price Rs. 2.50.
5. THOLKAPPIYA OPPIYAL : K. P. Aravanan : Madras, 1975 : Pages 236 : Price Rs. 10.00.
1. Sainarin Tamil Elakkana Nankodai or Jaina Contribution to Tamil Grammar deals with 14 Grammatical works in Tamil with commentaries and Nigandu (Dictionary)-all written by the Jaina authors. This is first work of this kind in Tamil.
2. Pattiyal is a kind of grammatical treatise which deals with the definition of Prabandhās. Traditionally Tamil scholars mention 96 Prabandhās in the history of Tamil literature, but all of them are not available at present. From early references it may be presumed that Indirakāliyam is the earliest Pättiyal. It's a Jaina work and deals with the non-Vedic school.
3. Nearly 76 sūtras on the Grammar of Tamil prosody now published under the title Amuthasākaram has been collected from the commentary of Yāpparumkalam written by Amuthasakarar in the 10th century A.D. Though various authors had written prosody at various times Amuthasakara's Kārigai holds its superiority till now.
4. This classical Tamil poem composed by Thiruthakka Thevar, author of celebrated Jivagasinthamani adopts the method of teaching through fables. It opens with the story of a greedy fox; hence the name Nariviruttam. The message of this little gem in Tamil is ‘Be in the world, but not of it. This edition contains an excellent commentary which is clear and elegant. It manifests not merely a sound scholarship in Tamil literature but also a thorough grasp of religious traditions of the Jainas.
5. Tholkappiyam is the oldest Tamil Grammar available. The author is a Jaina. So far 68 editions of this work have come out. But the present edition is somewhat different from them in this that it gives parallel sütras from other Grammatical works in Tamil.
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