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Alalasundaram. P Literary beauties in the hymns of Nayanmars, Alwars, and other saints [Madras] University of Madras, 1970. Series title: Dr. R.P. Sethu Pillai Silver Jubilee Commemoration Endowment lectures ; 1968-69. Appuswami, P. N Tamil verse in translation: Sangam age (Tamilp patalkalum avarrin Ankila moli peyarppum) Chennai: Intl. Inst. of Tamil Studies, Madras, 1987 (IITS publ. 131) Arunachalam, M Women Saints of Tamil Nadu, Bombay, 1970 Balasubramanian, C., 1935- Papers in Tamil literature Madras: Narumalarp Pathippakam: Sellers, Paari Nilaiyam, 1981 Beck, Brenda E.F. The three twins : the telling of a South Indian folk epic Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1982. Bugge, Henriette Mission and Tamil society: social and religious change in South India (1840-1900) Richmond: Curzon, 1994 Series title: Monograph series/ Nordic Institute of Asian Studies; no. 65 Casie Chitty, Simon, 1807-1860. The Tamil Plutarch : a summary account of the lives of the poets and poetesses of southern India and Ceylon from the earliest to the present times, with select specimens of their compositions New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1982. Chakravarti, A. (Appaswami), 1880-1960. Jaina literature in Tamil with an introd., footnotes, appendix, and index by K. V. Ramesh. New Delhi : Bharatiya Jnanapitha Publication, 1974. 1st ed. Chellaiah, J.V Pattupattu: ten Tamil idylls, translated into English verse Colombo, General Publishers [1947?]; [2d ed.]. Tirunelveli, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, 1962. Thanjavur: Tamil University, 1985 Civattampi, Karttikecu (Karthigesu Sivathamby) Drama in ancient Tamil society Madras: New Century, 1981 Civattampi, Karttikecu (Karthigesu Sivathamby) Literary history in Tamil: a historiographical analysis Thanjavur, India: Tamil University, 1986 Clooney, Francis X. Seeing Through Texts : Doing Theology Among the Srivaisnavas of South India (SUNY Series, Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Religions) State Univ. of New York Press, ISBN: 0791429954 Clooney, Francis Xavier,S.J., 1950- The art and theology of Srivaisnava thinkers : the De Nobili endowment lectures Madras : T.R. Publications for Satya Nilayam Publications, 1994. Series title: Satya Nilayam endowment lectures series. Clothey, Fred, W. Quiescence and Passion : The Vision of Arunakiri, Tamil Mystic ; Translations With Introduction and Notes Austin & Winfield Pub, Aug. 1996, ISBN: 1572920009 Cutler, Norman Consider our vow : translation of Tiruppavai and Tiruvempavai into English, 1st ed. Madurai : Muttu Patippakam, 1979. Cutler, Norman The Poetry of Tamil Saints, Ph.D Thesis, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago,1980 Cutler, Norman Songs of Experience: The Poetics of Tamil Devotion, Religion in Asia and Africa series, Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington, May 1987, Series title: Religion in Asia and Africa series., ISBN: 0253353343 Cutler, Norman A Gift of Tamil : Translations of Tamil Literature (edited with Paula Richman) South Asia Books, 1992, ISBN: 8185425817 Peter Dale, Kokilam Subbiah. The Seasons of Cankam : love poems translated from the Tamil London : Agenda Editions, 1975, c1974. Dayanandan Francis, T. Christian poets and Tamil culture [Madras] : Dr. S. Radhakrishan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras, 1978. Dehejia, Vidya Slaves of the Lord : The Path of the Tamil Saints South Asia Books, Dec. 1988, ISBN: 8121500443 Dhavamony, Mariasusai Love of God according to Saiva Siddhantha: A study in the Mysticism and Theology of Saivism Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971 Danielou, Alain Shilappadikaram (The Ankle Bracelet) by Prince Ilanko Atikal, New Directions, New York, 1965 Danielou, Alain Shiva and Dionysus: The religion of nature and eros, Inner Traditions International, New York, 1984 M.A. Dorai Rangaswamy. The religion and philosophy of Tevaram : with special reference to Nampi Arurar (Sundarar) 2nd ed. Madras : University of Madras, 1990. Frasca, Richard Armando Theatre of the Mahabharata : Terukkuttu Performances in South India Univ. of Hawaii Press, Aug, 1990, ISBN: 0824812905 Goover, Charles E. The Folk Songs of Tamilnadu, Higginbottoms, Madras, 1871 Hardy, Friedhelm Viraha Bhakti: The early history of Krisna Devotion in South India, Oxford Univ. Press, Delhi, 1983 Hart, George L. The Poems of Ancient Tamils, Univ.of California Press, Berkeley,1975, ISBN: 0520026721 Hart, George L. The relation between Tamil and classical Sanskrit Literature, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 1976 Hart, George L. III. Poets of the Tamil anthologies : ancient poems of love and war (translation) Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1979. Series title: Princeton library of Asian translations. Hart, George L. The Forest Book of the Ramayana by Kampan (with H. Heifetz), Univ. of California Press, 1988 Hirudayam, I Christianity and Tamil Culture Univ. of Madras (Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Inst. for Adv. Study in Philosophy), Madras, 1977 Hoole, Charles R. A. Modern Sannyasins: Protestant missionary contribution to Ceylon Tamil culture Frankfurt am Main; New York: P. Lang, c1995 Series title: Studies in the intercultural history of Christianity; Bd. 94) Hooper, J.S.M. Hymns of Alwars, Calcutta, 1929 Iracamaanickanaar, Ma The development of Saivism in South India, A.D 300 -1300 Dharmapuram Adhinam Publication 554, Dharmapuram Jagadeesan, N Collected Papers on Tamil Vaishnavism Ennes Publications, Madurai, 1989 Jagadeesan, N History of Sri Vaishnavism in the Tamil country: post-Ramanuja Koodal Publishers, Madurai, 1977 Jesudasan, C and H Peaks of Sangam Poetry, Trivandrum, 1960 Jeyachandrun, A.V The Madurai Temple Complex: with special reference to literature and legends Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 1985 John Louis, A Petals of beauty : random selections from Bharati's poems, rendered into English, 1st ed. Madras : Manivachagar Pathipagam, 1994. John Samuel, G (1948 - ) Studies in Tamil poetry, 1st ed. Madras : Mani Pathippakam, 1978. Jotimuttu. P Ainku_runu_ru, the short five hundred : poems on the theme of love in Tamil literature : an anthology / translation with introduction and notes Madras : Christian Literature Society, 1984. Kandaiah, A A critical study of Early Tamil Saiva Bhakti Literature, with special reference to Tevaram Ph.D Thesis, Univ. of London, 1973 Kailasapathy, K Tamil Heroic Poetry. Oxford Univ. Press, 1968, 282 p. Kasirajan, R (1946- ) Evolution and evaluation of epics in Tamil, 1st ed. Madurai : Mathy Pathippakam, 1990. Kersenboom, Saskia. Word, sound, image : the life of the Tamil text Herndon, VA : Berg Publishers, 1995. Kulandaiswamy, V.C. The Immortal Kural (Sahitya Akademl Award Winning Tamil Literary Critique) South Asia Books, 1994, ISBN: 8172015895 Lakshmi, C.S. Face Behind the Mask : Women in Tamil Literature New Delhi: Vikas;; Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division, July 1984, ISBN: 0706924541 Leelavathy, Thirunavukarasu A critical study of Ku_runtokai : an advanced study, 1st ed. Madurai : Publications Division, Madurai Kamaraj University, [1992]. Manickam, V.Sp. The Tamil Concept of Love, Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, 1962. Manickam, V. T. (Vellayappa Thenappa), 1933- Marutam, an aspect of love in Tamil literature Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India : Tema Publishers, 1982. Ma_raimalaiyatikal, 1876-1950 (Swami Vedachalam) Ancient and modern Tamil poets, [1st ed.]. Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1971. Mariaselvam, Abraham, 1936- The Song of Songs and ancient Tamil love poems : poetry and symbolism Roma : Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1988. Series title: Analecta Biblica ; 118. Marr, John Ralston The Eight Anthologies, Inst. of Asian Studies, Thiruvanmayur, Madras, 1985 Meenakshisundaram T.P. Mullaippattu: The Idylls of Jasmine Madras, Orient Longmans, 1958 Nagaswamy, R Siva Bhakti Navrang Publishers, New Delhi/South Asia Books, 1989, ISBN: 817013028X Nagaswami, R. Art and culture of Tamil Nadu Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1980 Nagarajan, K.S. Jain contribution to Tamil Culture Dhanraj Baid Jain College, Madras, 1977 Nannithamby, Loganayagy Women in modern Tamil literature (1880-1960) Kuala Lumpur: Department of Indian Studies, University of Malaya, 1969 Narayanan, Vasuda The Tamil Veda: Pillan's Interpretation of the Tiruvaymoli, (with John Carmen) University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1989, ISBN: 0226093050. The vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation & Ritual, 1994. Narayana Rao, Velcheru; David Shulman, David and Subrahmanyam, Sanjay Symbols of Substance : Court and State in Nayaka Period Tamilnadu Oxford Univ. Press, Feb. 1993, ISBN: 0195630211 Natarajan, T The Language of the Sangam Literature and Tolkappiyam Madurai: Madurai Publ. House, 1977 Pande, Susmita Birth of bhakti in Indian religions and art New Delhi: Books & Books, 1982 Pandit, Moti Lal Saivism: a religio-philosophical history Theological research and communication Inst., New Delhi,1987 Parthasarathy, J (translation/english rendering) The divine pilgrimage : the story of Perumal cuvaml : a folk-ballad from palm-leaf manuscripts, 1st ed. Madras, India : Institute of Asian Studies, 1992. Series title: Folklore of Tamilnadu series ; no. 5., general editors, Shu Hikosaka, G. John Samuel ; editor, M. Shanmukham Pillai Parthasarathy, R. The Tale of an Anklet: An Epic of South India- The Cilappatikaram of Ilanko Atikal, (Translations from the Asian Classics), Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 1993, ISBN: 023107848X Periakaruppan, Rm. Traditions and Talents in cankam poetry, 1st ed. Madurai : Madurai Pub. House, 1976. Perumal, A. N. Tamil drama: origin and development Madras: International Inst. of Tamil Studies, 1982 Indira Viswanathan Peterson Poems to Siva: The Hymns of the Tamil Saints, (Princeton Library of Asian Translations), Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 1989, ISBN: 0691067678 Pope, G.U. Sacred Utterances (The tiruvaacagam) of Maanikkavaacagar, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1900 (repr: Univ. of Madras, 1959?) Pope, G.U A tamil poetical anthology Naladiyar (The) or Four Hundred Quartrains in Tamil, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893 Pope, G.U Tamil heroic poems, 1st ed. Madras : South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1973. Purnalingam Pillai, M. S., b. 1866. Tamil literature Thanjavur : Tamil University, 1985. Radhakrsnasarma, Calla, 1929- The Ramayana in Telugu and Tamil : a comparative study Madras : Lakshminarayana Granthamala : distributors, India Book Exports, 1973 Raghavan, V The Ramayana Traditions in Asia (ed.), Sahitya Akademy, New Delhi, 1980 Raghava Aiyangar, M., 1878-1960. Some aspects of Kerala and Tamil literature translated into English by J. Parthasarathi. Trivandrum : Dept. of Publications, University of Kerala, 1948-1950], 1973 printing. Raghunathan, N Six long poems from Sangam Tamil , translated into English verse Madras : Vighneswara Pub. House, 1978. Ratnaswami, Subramaniam A short history of the ancient Tamils and their literature Annamalainagar: Thaiyalnayaki Velideeyu, 1979 Raja, Krishnamurthy (1952 - ) The burning urn : [studies in Tamil poetry] Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India : Parthibban Pathippagam, 1994. Rajam, V.S. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry (150 B.C.--Pre-Fifth/Sixth Century A.D.), American Philosophical Society, July 1992, ISBN: 087169199X Rajagopalachari, C Auvaiyar: A great Tamil Poetess, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1971 Ramayana (Translation), Greenleaf books, Nov. 1980, ISBN: 0934676178 Ramachandra Dikshatar, V.R. Silappadikaaram or The Lady of the Anklets, Oxford Univ. Press, Madras, 1939 (repr: Kazhagam, Madras, 1978) Dikshitar, V. R. Ramachandra. Studies in Tamil literature and history Madras: University of Madras, 1936, 2nd ed, reprinted Ramanujam, A.K. Poems of Love and War, From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Songs of Classical Tamil, Columbia Univ. Press, New York, 1985, ISBN: 0231051077 Ramanujam, A.K. The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology, Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington, 1967, ISBN: 0195635019 Ramanujam, A.K Fifteen poems from a classical Tamil anthology Calcutta, Writers Workshop [1965]. Ramanujam, A.K. Hymns for the Drowning- Poems of Nammalwar, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 1981 Ramaswami Ayyangar, M.S; B. Seshagiri Rao Studies in South Indian Jainism Sri Satguru, New Delhi, 1982 (Sri Garib Das Oriental series no.4-5) Raghavan, T.S Nine Tales from Tamil Classics Madras, Tamilnadu saiva Siddhantha publ. society, 1959 Sarangapani, R A critical study of Paripatal, 1st ed. Madurai : Publications Division, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1984. Series title: Publications (Madurai Kamaraj University) ; no. 77. M. Shanmugam Pillai and David E. Ludden (translation) Ku_runtokai : an anthology of classical Tamil love poetry, 1st ed. Madurai : Koodal Publishers, 1976. Somasundaram Pillai, J.M Five Tamil Idylls of Pattupattu Madras, 1947 Folk beliefs of the Tamils M. Shanmugam Pillai and Erica A.E. Claus: translated and edited by, A translation from Tamil of a part of a collection of folk beliefs found in S. Carlos's Nattupura nampikaikal, Kannada Sangha, Christ College, Bangalore, 1976 Madurai: Muttu Patippakam, 1981 Shulman, D.D. Songs of the Harsh Devotee- The Tevaram of Cuntaramurthinayanar, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1990 Shulman, D.D. Tamil Temples and Myths: Sacrifice and Divine Marraige in the South Indian Saiva Tradition, Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1980 Siddalingaiah, T.B Origin and Development of saiva siddhantha upto 14th Century Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 1979 Siddhanthashastree, Rabindra Kumar Saivism through the ages Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi, 1974 Srinivasa Iyengar, K.S Asian Versions of Ramayana, Sahita Akademy, New Delhi, 1983 Subbiah, Ganapathy Roots of Tamil Religious Thought, Pondicherry Inst. of Linguistics and Culture, Pondicherry, 1991 Subramaniam, A.V Sips from the Sangam Cup Tirunelveli/Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, 1968 A. V. Subramanian The squirrel in the courtyard: transcompositions from Tamil Sangam lyrics Madras: Tamilnadu Textbook Soc., 1980 Subramanian, P.R Annotated index to Centamil : the journal of the Madurai Tamil Sangam : Wiesbaden : Steiner, 1980 Subramanyam, K.N. The Anklet Story: Silappadhikaram of Ilanko Atikal, Agam Prakashan, New Delhi, 1977 Philosophical heritage of the Tamils S.V.Subramanian, R. Vijayalakshmy (editors) Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1983 N. Subrahmanian Tamilian historiography Madurai: Ennes Publications, 1988 The Kural, tr. from the Tamil by P.S. Sundaram Madras: P.S. Sundaram, 1987 154p Tirukkural: lights of the righteous life: an English verse rendering from the Tamil by K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Calcutta: M.P. Birla Foundation 1988 145p Sundaram P.S The Kural, Tiruvalluvar, translated from the Tamil with an introduction Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1991 Sundaram Pillay, P., 1855-1897 Some mile-stones in the history of Tamil literature Madras : Pioneer Book Services, 1985. Sundaramoorthy, G Early Literary Theories in Tamil, Madras, 1974 K. Swaminathan, Periaswami Thooran, M.R. Perumal Mudaliar (editors) The plough and the stars: stories from Tamilnad London: Asia Pub. House, c1963 Takahashi, Takanobu Tamil Love Poetry and Poetics (Brill's Indological Library, Vol 9), E.J. Brill, Feb. 1995, ISBN: 9004100423 Radha Thiagarajan A study of mysticism in thiruvachakam Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 1983 Raghavan. V.K.S.N. A brief study on the Tiruppallandu of Sri Periyalvar, the Tiruppalliyeluchi of Sri Tondaradippodiyalvar, and the Kanninunsiruttambu of Sri Madhurakaviyalvar Madras : Sri Visishtadvaita Pracharini Sabha, [1983]. Sampath Thathachariar, S. R. Three notes on the verses of the Azhwars Tiruchy : Sampath Thathachariar, [19]73. Sampath Thathachariar, S. R. Four more notes on the verses of the Azhwars Srirangam, Tiruchy, Tamil Nadu : Sampath Thathachariar, 1977. Sundaram, P. K., 1926- Some philosophical concepts in Purananuru Madras : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras, 1979. Series title: Madras University philosophical series ; no. 26. Thani Nayagam, Xavier S. Landscape and poetry: a study of nature in classical Tamil poetry. 2nd ed. London/New York, Asia Publishing House, 1966. Trawick, Margaret Notes on Love in a Tamil Family Univ California Press, Berkeley, USA, August 1990, ISBN: 0520066367 Vasudeva Rao, T.N Buddhism in the Tamil Country Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, 1979 Vacek, J. (Jaroslav), Subramanian, S.V A Tamil reader: introducing Sangam Literature Chennai: Intl. Inst. of Tamil Studies, Madras, 1989 (IITS publ.143) Varadarajan, M., 1912-1974 The treatment of nature in Sangam literature (ancient Tamil literature) Madras, South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1969., 2nd ed. Susan S. Wadley ,edited, contributors, Sheryl B. Daniel ... [et al.]. The Powers of Tamil women Syracuse, N.Y. : Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1980. White, Emmons E. The wisdom of the Tamil people, as illustrated by translated selections from their ancient literature New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1975. br> Yocum, G.E. Hymns to the Dancing Siva: A study of Manickkavasagar's "thiruvAchagam", New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, 1982 Zvelebil, Kamil V. The Smile of Murugan, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1973 Zvelebil, Kamil V. The Poets of Powers, London: Rider and Company, 1973 Zvelebil, Kamil V. Classical Tamil Prosody:An introduction, New Era Publishers, Madras, 1989 Zvelebil, Kamil V. Two Tamil Folktales : The Story of King Matanakama, the Story of Peacock Ravana Motilal Banarsidas, Dec. 1987, ISBN: 8120802128 Zvelebil, Kamil V. Literary conventions in Akam poetry 1st ed., Madras : Institute of Asian Studies, 1986. BOOKS IN FRENCH Danielou, Alain Prince Ilanko Atikal: le roman de l'anneau (with R.S. Desikan) Gallimard, Paris, 1961 Francois Gros Le Paripatal, texte tamoul. Introd., traduction et notes Pondichery, Institut francais d'indologie, 1968. Series title: Publications de l'Institut francais d'indologie ; no 35. M. Sangeelee. Bouquet de sagesse / textes tamouls choisis et traduits en francais, Moka, Ile Maurice : Institut Mahatma Gandhi, c1988.

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