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The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important contributions to world literature. Presented here in English translation is a selection of roughly three hundred poems from five of the earliest poetic anthologies of classical Tamil literature. These lyrical poems are intimately related to the agricultural society that produced them, and their direct connection with the earth as well as their use of ornament and suggestion give them a quality unlike that of any other poetic tradition.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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The CD publication features 30 sound recordings, chiefly recitations of classical Tamil poetry, made by Hilko Wiardo Schomerus in Madras (Chennai) in 1929. What is new and special about this release is the publication of the sources, of which hitherto no (or only little) notice has been taken.

Tamil poetry.

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Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history.

Tamil language --- Tamil (Indic people) --- Tamil literature --- Tamil poetry --- History. --- Intellectual life. --- History and criticism. --- India --- Civilization.

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This work aims to offer an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. The author argues that although Bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition.

Bhakti in literature. --- Bhakti --- Hindu literature --- Religious poetry, Tamil --- Bhakti. --- Bhakti-marga --- God (Hinduism) --- Tamil religious poetry --- Tamil poetry --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Worship and love --- Bakhti in literature. --- Translations into English.

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"In Writing Tamil Catholicism: Literature, Persuasion and Devotion in the Eighteenth Century, Margherita Trento explores the process by which the Jesuit missionary Costanzo Giuseppe Beschi (1680-1747), in collaboration with a group of local lay elites identified by their profession as catechists, chose Tamil poetry as the social and political language of Catholicism in eighteenth-century South India. Trento analyzes a corpus of Tamil grammars and poems, chiefly Beschi's Tēmpāvaṇi, alongside archival documents to show how, by presenting themselves as poets and intellectuals, Catholic elites gained a persuasive voice as well as entrance into the learned society of the Tamil country and its networks of patronage"--

Tamil poetry --- Religion and literature. --- History and criticism. --- Catholic authors. --- Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Tamil literature --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Moral and religious aspects --- Peski, Kān̲sṭan̲ciyas, --- Beschi, Costanzo Giuseppe, --- Beschi, Constantine Joseph, --- Beschius, Constantinus Josephus, --- Vīramāmun̲ivar,