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One of my favorite pass time for last 3 years is to watch a movie and simultaneously scan books I got from the library. Over the past 3 years I have acquired many books through inter library loan and book fairs and stores.I haven’t read most of the books. So I cant recommend some of the books. So I decided to put up list of  books I have in new page and distinguish it from my recommended books.

Author: Kamil Zvelebil

1. Smile of Murugan
2. Tamil Literature
3. Companion Studies to History of Tamil Literature
4. Poets of Power
5. Shidda Quest
6. Thirumurugan
7. Tamil traditions on Subrahmanya Murugan
8. Tamil Kandapuranam
9. Literary convetions of Akam poetry
10. Tamil from inscription of 550 AD
11. Lexicon of Tamil Literature

Author A.K.Ramanujan

12. 15 Poems from Tamil Anthology
13. Interior landscape
14. Poems of Love and war
15. Hymns of drowning

Author : George L Hart

16. The Poems of Ancient Tamil, Their Milieu and Their Sanskrit Counterparts
17. The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom: An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil, the Purananuru *
18. Poets of the Tamil Anthologies: Ancient Poems of Love and War
19. The Forest Book of the Ramayana of Kampan *

*Co author Hanf Heifetz

Ettuthokai  Translations

20. Kurunthokai – Shanmugam Pillai & David Ludden
21. Ainkurunuru – P.Jyothimuthu
22. Nattrinai – A.V.Subramanian
23. Paripatal – Institute of Asian Studies
24. Kalithokai — Institute of Asian Studies

Purananuru – Check the book Under author George Hart

Pathupaatu Translation

25. Six Long poems – International Institute of Tamil Studies
26. Four Long poems – International Institute of Tamil Studies
27. Ten Tamil Idylls – J.V.Chellaiah
28. Tamil poetry through ages – Institute of Asian Studies

Assorted Translation:

29. Love Lyrics Long ago – A.V.Subramanian
30. Sips from Sangam cup – A.V.Subramanian
31. Tamil Verse in translation P.N.Appusamy

Studies in Sangam Literature

32. Tamil Heroic poetry – Kailasapathy
33. Tamil concept of Love – S.Vp.Manickam
34. Tamil Love poetry and poetics – Takanobu Takahashi
35. Landscape and Poetry – Thaninayagam
36. Sangam Literature: its culture and cult – K.A.Nilakanta Shastri
37. Home life among Tamils in the Sangam age – K.Gnambal
38. Eight Anthologies – J.R.Marr
39. The Chronology of Early Tamils – K.N.Shivaraja Pillai
40. The Kaveri, The maukharis and the Sangam Age – T.G. Aravamuthan
41. The Tamils 1800 years ago – V.Kanakasabhai
42. Social Life of the Tamils – the classical period – S.Singaravelu
43. Chieftains of the Sangam Age – Dr.K.D.Thirunavukkarasu
44. Akananuru in its Histroical Setting – C.E.Ramachandran (has translations of first 100 akam poems)

Silapthikaram and Manimekalai

45. Shilapathikaram: The Ankel bracelet – Alain Daniélou
46. Manimekhalai: the Dancer with the Magic Bowl -Alain Daniélou
47. Cilapthikaram – Translated by Ramachandra Diskshitar
48. Silapathikaram and Manimekalai (abridged versions)- Lakshmi Holmstorm
49. Manimekalai – Translated by A.Madahviah
50. Manimekalai as an epic – R.Natarajan
51. The study of a Tamil Epic : several versions of Silapthikaram compared- Brenda Beck

Tamil Studies

52. Tamil Literature – Minakshi Sundaram Pillai
53. Studies in Tamil Literature – Ramachandra Dikshithar
54. Tamil Studies – M.Srinivasa  Aiyengar
55. Encyclopedia of Tamil Literature Vol 1 – Institute of Asian Studies
56. Encyclopedia of Tamil Literature Vol 2 – Institute of Asian Studies
57. Encyclopedia of Tamil Literature Vol 3 – Institute of Asian Studies
58. Studies in Tamil Indology – S.V.Subramanian
59. Literary History in Tamil – Karthigesu Sivathamby
60. Collected papers of Thaninayagam
61. Bunch of essays on Tamil Literature – P.N.Appusamy
62. Comparative Grammer of the Dravidian – Robert Cladwell

Tamil history

63. Tamil Social history Volume 1(Sangam age) – N.Subrahmaniyan
64. Tamil Social history Volume 2(medieval age) – N.Subrahmaniyan
65. Tamil Social history Volume 3(later age) – N.Subrahmaniyan
66. Ancient Dravidian – Shesha Aiyengar
67. Tamil India – M.S.Purnalingam Pillai
68. Historical heritage of Tamils – K.K.Pillay
69. Caste system in Tamil Nadu –  K.K.Pillay
70. Maritime history of South India – Victor Rajamanickam & Arul Raj
71. Beginnings of South Indian history – Krishnaswamy Aiyengar
72. Colas – K.A.Nilakanta Shastri
73. A history of South India – K.A.Nilakanta Shastri
74. History and Culture of Tamil Nadu – vol 1- Chitra Mahadevan
75. History and Culture of Tamil Nadu – vol 2- Chitra Mahadevan
76. South Indian Missions – J.A.Sharrock
77. The Tamil Plutarch – Simon Casie Chitty

Religion:

78. Murugan God of Kurunji- Collected Papers – Institute of Asian Studies
79. Many Faces of Murugan – Fred Clothey
80. Vision of Arunagiri a Tamil mystic – Fred Clothey
81. Tamil Temple Myths – David Shulman
82. Buddhism in Tamil Nadu – Collected Papers – Institute of Asian Studies
83. Ravana the Great King of Lanka – M.S.Puranalingam Pillai
84. The Thiruvacagam – G.U.Pope
85. Hymns of the Tamil Saivite Saints – Kingsbury & Phillips
86. Agastya in Tamil land – K.N.Shivaraja Pillai
87. Introduction to Chintamanai – H.Bower

Other Translations:

88. Multholaayiram – Kurunjipaatu – P.N.Appusamy
89. Kalingathu Parani – Institute of Asian Studies
90. The story of Udayana – Raja Gopala Iyer
91. The Naladiyar – G.U.Pope
92. Tamil Wisdom – Edward Jewitt Robinson

South Indian Inscriptions:

93. Early Tamil Epigraphy – Iravatham Mahadevan
94. South Indian Inscriptions Volume 3- Archeological Society of India
95. Epigraphia Indica volume 12- Archeological Society of India

Tamil Proverbs

96. A classified collection of Tamil proverbs- Herman Jensen
97. Tamil Proverbs with English Translations – P.Percival

Books in Tamil

98. Iruchol Muchol alangaram – U.V.Swaminathan Iyer Publication
99. Meengal andrum indrum – S.Parimala
100. 401 Kathal kavithaigal (Kurunthokai) – Sujatha
101. Purananuru -moolamum eliya uriayum- Sujatha
102. Pathitruppathu – moolamum uraiyum – Rama Subramaniam
103. Kaviyarasu Kannadasan Kavithaigalalil Sanga illakkiya selvakku – Dr.M.Jayapal

I actually have entire collection of Tamil books from U.V.Swaminathan Iyer publication in my book shelf in India!

Hope the list just grows!