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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;
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