Kasumalai and our most famous Sami Dollar (Murugan dollar, Aaiyappan dollar) are probably effect of our trade with Rome. An article which traces back the roots of 2 Indian ornaments.
The third and the final part discusses the unique nature of Tamil when compared to other Indian Languages.
Second part of the three part essay discusses whether - "All these literatures owed a great deal to Sanskrit, the magic wand of whose touch alone raised each of Dravidian Languages from the level of a patois to that of a literary idiom."[5] - One of the most popular/controversial statement by great scholar K.A.N.Shastri - is true or not
First part of the three part essay discusses -word Tamil's etymology and its origins and its ancient nature.
http://festival2009.ponniyinselvan.in/ August 15 - Venue - South Indian Film Chamber Of Commerce Morning - 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Facilitation program with Vairamuthu and Seetha Ravi Chairing the meet Invocation - Tamizhthai vaazhththu Preface - Gokul Seshadri Badrinarayan - Presentation Dr. Jayakumar / Thanjai University - Nagapatnam Buddha Vihar - Presentation Dr. Selvakumar - Cauvery... Continue Reading →
1. அம்பட்டன்கத்தி ampaṭṭaṉ-katti : (page 95) , n. < id. +. A marine fish, deep blue on the back, becoming silvery white on the sides, attaining 8½ in., Mene maculata; 2. ஆக்கணாங்கெளிறு ākkaṇāṅ-keḷiṟu : (page 201) n. A brown estuary fish, Plotosus canins; கெ ளிற்றுமீன்வகை. 3. ஆக்கெளுத்தி ākkeḷutti : (page 203) 2. A marine fish, Plotosus arab; கடற்கெளிற்றுவகை. 4. ஆற்றுல்லம் āṟṟullam : (page 258) , n. <... Continue Reading →
I am going to do some thing I have been consciously avoided for nearly a year. I have always tried to be a neutral person looking into issues and present things in a historical way. I have very consciously been avoiding this blog to be an outlet of my personal emotion. But a thought, rather... Continue Reading →
11. செந்தும்பை cen-tumpai : (page 1589) மும் செந்நிறமும் உடைய கடல்மீன்வகை. செந்தும்பை cen-tumpai, n. < id. +. A species of spiderflower, shrub, Osbeckia zeylanica; தும்பைவகை. (மூ. அ.) செந்துரசம் centu-racam, n. < jantu- rasa. Copal, a resinous 12. செம்மயிற்கொண்டை cemmayiṟ-koṇṭai : (page 1597) cemmayiṟ-koṇṭai, n. < id. +. See செம்மயிற்கொன்றை. (W.) செம்மயிற்கொன்றை cem-mayiṟ-koṉ- ṟai, n. < id. +. Scarlet peacock flower tree, m. tr., Poinciana regia-sempervirens; கொன்றை வகை. (L.)... Continue Reading →
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————- Become Fan of Karka Nirka Blog in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karka-Nirka/353094691592 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1. ஆரவலர் āra-v-alar : (page 242) ஆரவலர் āra-v-alar, n. < ஆரம்³ + அலர். Flower of Bauhinia racemosa; காட்டாத்திப்பூ. (தைலவ. தைல. 98.) 2. ஆவாரை āvārai : (page 251) (பதார்த்த. 240.) 2. Tinnevelly senna. See நிலவாகை. (மூ. அ.)*ஆவாரைப்பஞ்சகம் āvārai-p-pañca- kam, n. < id. + pañcaka. The... Continue Reading →
