Dr. Indra Manuel
Senior researcher (DHARMA & Tamilex)
Critical edition of the Malaipaṭukaṭām
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Indra MANUEL (b. 1951) has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry (1971), a Master’s degree in Tamil (1973), a Bachelor’s degree (1974) and a Master’s degree in Education (1985) and a Ph.D in Tamil Literature (1985) from the University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
She worked under Prof. V. I. Subramoniam in the Cognate Project for teaching Languages in the Department of linguistics (1975-1977), University of Kerala, India, was Principal Investigator in the Regional Centre of International School of Dravidian Languages, Pondicherry, India (1981), and was Associate Professor in the Department of Tamil, Bishop Heber College (1985 to 2010), Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
Since 2014, she is a Senior Researcher at the Pondicherry centre of the EFEO, working in various projects such as NETamil, TST and DHARMA.
Publications
2020. "Salient Features of a Grammatical Commentary in Tamil (With reference to Pērāciriyar’s Commentary on Meyppāṭṭiyal of Tolkāppiyam). In: Anandakichenin, Suganya and Victor D'Avella, eds. The Commentary Idioms of the Tamil Learned Traditions. Pondichéry: Institut Français de Pondichéry/ École française d’Extrême-Orient. 71-118.
2010. With Sundramathy, L. Gloria. Tolkāppiyam-Poruḷatikāram (English Translation with Critical Notes). Thumba: International School of Dravidian Linguistics.
2009. Cevviyal āyvukkalaṅkal. Tiruchirappalli: Grace-Vedham Pathippakam. 304-320.
1997. Literary Theories in Tamil (with special reference to Tolkappiyam). Pondicherry: Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture.
1973. Pālai Pāṭiya Peruṅkatuṅkō. Nagercoil, Tamilnadu: Jayakumari Stores. 204-260.