TamilexHistorical dictionary
of Classical Tamil

The Classical Tamil Summer Seminar (CTSS) will be held this year in Budapest, Hungary, organised by the Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University.

This two-week program will focus on reading the twenty-fourth Kuṉṟakkuravai chapter of the Cilappatikāram. Each morning...

Warburgstraße 26, 20354 Hamburg, room 0001 (pavilion), and online

The workshop aims at discovering the hidden universals that inform lexicographical writings beyond one specific language or period of time. To achieve this, we will adopt a comparative, multidisciplinary approach. The workshop will gather scholars from...

Did Commentators Use Commentaries?

This presentation examines Aṭiyārkkunallār’s use of quotations in his commentary on the Cilappatikāram. Among the many Caṅkam texts cited by Tamil commentators, Aṭiyārkkunallār shows a marked preference for the Kalittokai, quoting it about 80 times. However, closer analysis suggests that...