• Kuṟuntokai (Tamil: குறுந்தொகை, meaning the short-collection) is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the second of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai)...
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  • research in the ‘English renderings of Kuṟuntokai’, which deals with the problems of translating the Tamil text Kuṟuntokai. For her doctorate in Tamil, she...
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    (1889), Patiṟṟuppattu (1889). Puṟanāṉūṟu (1894), Aiṅkurunūṟu (1903), Kuṟuntokai (1915), Naṟṟiṇai (1915), Paripāṭal (1918) and Akanāṉūṟu (1923) all with...
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    masculine name. This river is mentioned as SoNai in Sangam Tamil literature Kuṟuntokai as early as 2nd century CE. The Sone originates near Pendra in Chhattisgarh...
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    an Indo-Finnish venture 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain', where she sang Kuṟuntokai  – ancient poems from Sangam literature – with Avanti,conducted by John...
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  • manuscript UVSL 885 (GOML R-5780) colophon Translation: Naṟṟiṇai, good Kuṟuntokai, Aiṅkuṟunūṟu, even Patiṟṟuppattu, high Paripāṭal, along with Kali, Akam...
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    Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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    Thiruvalluvar. She is attributed as the author of 7 verses in Naṟṟiṇai, 15 in Kuṟuntokai, 4 in Akanaṉūṟu and 33 in Puṟanāṉūṟu. Legend states that she was a court...
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  • Nacinarkiniyar wrote commentaries on the Tolkāppiyam, Pattuppāṭṭu, Kaliththokai, Kuṟuntokai and Civaka Cintamani. Ten Medieval Commentators Commentaries in Tamil...
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    utilized the word "Potiyil" for Buddhist pallis. In fellow Sangam work Kuṟuntokai of the Eṭṭuttokai anthology, a Buddhist vihara under a Banyan tree is...
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  • The hit single "Yaayum" took its lyric from classical Tamil poetic work Kuṟuntokai from Sagaa achieved millions of views on YouTube. The album received rave...
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    Poothan-thevan (proper name) hailing from Eelam. (Akanaṉūṟu: 88, 231, 307; Kuṟuntokai: 189, 360, 343; Naṟṟiṇai: 88, 366). The Tamil inscriptions from the Pallava...
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    Palani hills are found in Tamil Sangam literature. Tamil composition Kuṟuntokai, the second book of the anthology Ettuthokai, mentions the mountainous...
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  • the Pattuppāṭṭu anthology and song 167 of the Akanaṉūṟu and 352 of the Kuṟuntokai. According to P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar, he lived between the late 3rd and...
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    lines" and phrases from earlier Tamil texts. For example, phrases found in Kuruntokai (lit. "The Collection of Short [Poems]") and many lines in Narrinai (lit...
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  • Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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    Dasa Dasanagu Visheshanagu By Kanaka Dasa Nyayiru Kayathu, Ancient Tamil Kuṟuntokai poetry by Poet Kayamanar in Sandham- Symphony Meets Classical Tamil by...
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    Poothan-thevan (proper name) hailing from Eelam. (Akanaṉūṟu: 88, 231, 307; Kuṟuntokai: 189, 360, 343; Naṟṟiṇai: 88, 366). The Tamil inscriptions from the Pallava...
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  • Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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    was used to make announcements, with the announcers termed as Paraiyar. Kuṟuntokai from the Sangam period mentions the usage of the parai instrument in auspicious...
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    Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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  • David Higham Prize for Fiction. The novel is named after a poem from the Kuruntokai, an anthology of Classical Tamil love poems. Love and Longing in Bombay...
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    were used to subtly convey a mood, associated with an aspect of life. Kuruntokai, a collection of poems belonging to the Ettuthokai anthology demonstrates...
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  • Thiruvalluvar.[1] She is attributed as the author of 7 verses in Naṟṟiṇai, 15 in Kuṟuntokai, 4 in Akanaṉūṟu and 33 in Puṟanāṉūṟu.[1] Legend states that she was a...
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  • Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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  • Guruprasad Kuruntokai, 40 by Sempulapeyaneerar 3:55 Veral Veli Bombay Jayashri Kuruntokai, 18 by Kapilar 4:58 Njayiru Kayathu Rajalakshmee Sanjay Kuruntokai, 378...
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    Vaiyapuri Pillai chronologically place the Akanaṉūṟu after the Narrinai and Kuṟuntokai anthologies. According to Kamil Zvelebil, except for a few Akananuru poems...
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    many words which were used in Sangam literature such as Tirukkuṛaḷ and Kuṟuntokai. There are a number of Prakrit loans words that are unique to Jaffna Tamil...
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  • Label / Licence to Veral Veli Tamil Sandham Rajan Somasundaram Kapilar (Kuruntokai 18) Bombay Jayashri Rajan Somasundaram Suvakshoja Kumbham Sanskrit Sharada...
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  • Greater Texts Eight Anthologies Aiṅkurunūṟu Akanāṉūṟu Puṟanāṉūṟu Kalittokai Kuṟuntokai Natṟiṇai Paripāṭal Patiṟṟuppattu Ten Idylls Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu...
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