- The
Eight Anthologies,
known as
Eṭṭuttokai (Tamil: எட்டுத்தொகை) or "Eight Collections" in the literature, is a
classical Tamil poetic work that
forms part...
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comprises an
Urtext of
oldest surviving Tamil grammar (Tolkappiyam), the
Ettuttokai anthology (the "Eight Collections"), the
Pathuppaattu anthology (the "Ten...
-
categories based roughly on chronology: the Patiṉeṇmēlkaṇakku
consisting of
Eṭṭuttokai and the Pattupattu, and the Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku. The
existent Tamil grammar...
- Tolkappiyam, the ten
anthologies Pattuppāṭṭu, and the
eight anthologies Eṭṭuttokai shed
light on
early ancient Dravidian religion.
Murugan (also
known as...
- (similar to Cilappatikaram),
rather than the
early old
Tamil poems of
Eṭṭuttokai and Pattuppāṭṭu. The
Tolkappiyam contains aphoristic verses arranged into...
- Tolkappiyam; the ten anthologies, Pattuppāṭṭu; and the
eight anthologies,
Eṭṭuttokai also shed
light on
ancient Tamil people.[page needed] The
kings and chieftains...
- Tholkappiyam, the ten
anthologies Pattuppāṭṭu, the
eight anthologies Eṭṭuttokai sheds light on
early ancient Dravidian religion.
Seyyon (Also
known as...
-
works Tolkappiyam, the ten
anthologies Pattuppāṭṭu, the
eight anthologies Eṭṭuttokai also
sheds light on
early religion of
ancient Dravidians.
Seyon was glorified...
-
longer extant;
Agastiyar is not
mentioned in Tolkāppiyam. Paripāṭal of the
Eṭṭuttokai anthology speaks of "vaynta
Potiyin munivan", the
famous sage of Poti"...
- Akanaṉūṟu, an
anthology of
early Tamil bardic poems (poem
number 149.7-11) in
Eṭṭuttokai the city
where the
beautiful vessels, the
masterpieces of the Yavanas...
