Tamil Book Publishers and Bookshops in Tamilnadu State, India

kalyan | April 20, 2008

The following is a listing of some of the tamil book publishers based in Tamilnadu, India. If you are looking for a tamil book published by any of these publishing houses, you can write to them directly! Source: “pirapalamAnavarkaLin vilAcangkaL”, Manimekalaip piracuram, Chennai-600 017. Chennai * Asokan pathippaham, 121 Thirumalai Nagar, Perungkudi, chennai-600 096, Tel: [...]

Books on Tamil Lexicon, Grammar and Dictionaries

kalyan | April 20, 2008

Lexicon/Reviews of Tamil Literature Tamil Lexicon, 6 vols. (1982, reprint of 1924-36 ed.) Publications Office, Univ. of Madras, Madras 600 005. Arunachalam, M An Introduction to the History of Tamil Literature, Gandhi Vidyalayam, Thirucitrambalam, 1974 Chakravarthi,A Jaina literature in Tamil Bharathiya Jnanapita Publ, New Delhi, 1974 Dhandayudham, R A survey of modern tamil literature, Madras, [...]

English Translation of Tamil Novels

kalyan | April 20, 2008

Ambai, Mother has committed a murder; tr. by Venkat Swaminathan from Tamil, Manushi (New Delhi) Jul-Aug 1979, 57-60 Anandh, K., The wall on the other side, Translated from Tamil by Nakulan, Illustrated Weekly of India (Bombay) 106, Nov 3-9 1985) 52-53 Balakrishnan, Purasu, Marriage at sixty (short story), tr. by the author from the original [...]

Tamil Translation of literary works of Indic languages

kalyan | April 20, 2008

Sankrit Works Kalidasa Abhijnanasakuntalam Tr. by R. Raghava Ayyankar Madras : The translator, 1938, 134 p, NBIL no. 42507 Sivananda, Svami, 1887-1963 Ananda gitai Tr. by Svami Sadananda Sarasvati Rishikesh : Svami Cidananda, 1951, 179 p, NBIL no. 40932 Venkatanatha Alias Vedantadesika (1268-1369) Abhitistava with a Manipravala commentary & Tamil translation by C. Ranganathacarya Kumbakonam [...]

Tamil Translation of English Language Works

kalyan | April 20, 2008

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 [Hamlet] Amaladitya Tr. by Sambanda Mudaliar, Pammal, 1873-1964 First published in 1908 Madras : The translator,1931, 178 p., NBIL no. 42663 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 [As you like it] Virumpiya vitame Tr. by Sambanda Mudaliar, Pammal, 1873-1964 Adaptation of As you like it, by William Shakespeare Cennai : Tautan Kampeni, 1912, 128 p., [...]

Life and Literary Works of U.Ve. Caminata Aiyar

kalyan | April 20, 2008

cAminAthaiyar, U.Ve (1855-1942) (Uththamathaanapuram Venkataraaman Swaminatha Aiyar) Life History born: 19 Feb 1855 at Curiyamulai, Tanjore Dt. 1868: got married 1871 begin Tamil Studies with Meenakshisundaram Pillai 1880 post of Tamil Pandit, Govt. college, Kumbakonam published critically edited version of many Tamil works of Sangam period civakacinthAmaNi (1887); pattuppAttu (1889); purananUru (1894); maNimEkalai (1899) aingurunUru [...]

A collection of Books on Tamil Drama/Plays

kalyan | April 20, 2008

The following is a short collection of books on Tamil Drama published in Tamilnadu (mostly tamil authors) after 1970 Sambanda Mudaliar, Pammal, 1873-1964 Amalatityan, allatu, kurjarattu aracilan kumaran Cennai: Kapali Accukkutam, 1931, 3rd Ed Cakatevan culcci Cennai: Tautan Kampeni, 1928, 1st Ed Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 42636. Cantirahari Cennai: [...]

Books on the Tamil Epics

kalyan | April 20, 2008

சிலம்புச் செல்வம் ( the treasure of Chilappadikaram) சுத்தானந்த பாரதி (1897 – ) இராமசந்திரபுரம், திருச்சி ஜில்லா, அன்பு நிலையம், 1939 கண்ணகி மு. வரதராஜன் (1912 – 1974) சென்னை, விற்பனை உரிமை பாரி நிலையம், 1950 Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 41901. சிலப்பதிகாரக் கட்டுரைகள் மு. சண்முகம் (1919 – ) சென்னை, நேஷனல் பப்லிஷிங் கம்பெனி, 1952 Series title: [...]

A list of Tamil novels published before 1950

kalyan | April 20, 2008

அரங்கசாமி நாயுடு, தி, அருணோதயம், 1920, 36 ப, திருச்சி, சங்கை லாகோம்பு அந்தோணிப்பிள்ளை, என் ஏ சுகுணசுந்தரி, 1912, சென்னை, பூலோக வியாசன் பிரஸ் அட்சர முதலியார், டி பி மகுடவல்லி, 1906, சென்னை, ஹரிஹர அச்சுக் கூடம் அருணகிரிநாதன், எஸ் எஸ் அமிர்தசாகரன், 1922, மதுரை, கோபலகிருஷ்ண கோன் ஆனந்த மனோகரன், 1922, மதுரை, கோபலகிருஷ்ண கோன் அருணாசல அய்யர், சி நீலா, 1900, சென்னை, ராயல் விக்டோரியா அச்சுக்கூடம் அருணாசலம் பிள்ளை, வி [...]

Authors of Tamil works akanAnURu & puRanAnURu

kalyan | April 19, 2008

Authors of well known Tamil works of early Sangam Period “akanAnURu” and “puranAnURu” (in Tamil, Unicode/utf-8 format) In the year 1999, during his visit to Singapore, Tamilnadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi gave a literary talk to the Singapore Tamil Community. In this talk of 6 Jan ’99, he gave an extended the list of authors [...]