Tamil religion
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Tamil: A Biography
The audience of this is for other scholars.
The title of the book needs to be renamed, "Scholarly work on Tamil Linguistic History"
Because, Tamil, a biography does not fit accurately.
What can you quote from this work?
Tamiḻ, means something like “knowing how to love."
"Do you know proper Tamil?”
He means by this: “Do you know how to behave properly as a male lover should"
Knowing Tamil, means to be civilized.
My Suggestions:
The Author constantly inundated with poetry. I understand, they are part of important literary works of Tamil.
I could not follow. I am not interested in archaic, turgid poetry, with exhaustive insights.
Maybe you can enlightenment me -- how I can benefit from them? I am not a Tamil Scholar.
I understand the book is scholarly, many academic works are clear, well-structure.
One can refer this work for scholarly sources of Tamil works
For layman interested in History of Tamil; History of Tamil Nadu, this would not be recommended.
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This meditative biography of Tamil is a breathtaking sweep over a linguistic landscape
Writing the biography of a living entity, human or otherwise, comes with a certain risk. When the entity in question is a language that effortlessly stakes its claim to both antiquity and continuity, and one rather close to the epicentre of language wars in the sub-continent, emotions can run high. The biographer of such an entity needs to perform a delicate balancing act between doing justice to its history and culture and not giving in to the shrill agendas and counter-agendas of modern day polity.
David Shulman in his Tamil: A Biography performs the task with élan, with unaffected erudition and an infectious charm that leaves the reader breathless and at times, puzzled at how endearing the evolution of a language could turn out to be. There is no doubt that Shulman, foremost Indologist from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is uniquely qualified to do this job given a lifetime of scholarship on south Indian literature and culture. His love for his subject comes alive on every page of th
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Tamil culture
Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. The Tamils speak the Tamil language, one of the oldest languages in India with more than two thousand years of written history.
Archaeological evidence from the Tamilakam region indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years. Historically, the region was inhabited by Tamil-speaking Dravidian people. It was ruled by various kingdoms such as the Sangam period (3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE) triumvirate of the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas, the Pallavas (3rd–9th century CE), and the later Vijayanagara Empire (14th–17th century CE). European colonization began in the 17th century CE, and continued for two centuries until the Indian Independence in 1947. Due to its long history, the culture has seen multiple influences over the years and have developed diversely.
The Tamils had outside contact in the form of diplomatic and trade relations with other kingdoms to the north and with the Romans since the Sangam era. The conquests of Tamil kings in the 10th century CE resulted in T
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