Dr. T. Rajeswari

T. Rajeswari (b. 1946) obtained her Bachelor's degree in Zoology in S. T. Hindu College, Nāgercoil. She did her Master's, Ph.D, and postdoctoral research in Tamil in the Department of Tamil, University of Kerala, Tiruvanantapuram. Her PhD topic was an edition and critical study of the Bhāratha Māvintham and her postdoctoral research topic was technical terms in the Vīracōḻiyam Yāppuppaṭalam.

She obtained a bachelor's degree in Education through Maturai Kamaraj University and a Master's degree in Education through Annamalai University, Citambaram. She also holds a PG Diploma in Manuscriptology from I.I.T.S Adayar, Chennai and a PG Diploma in Higher Education from the IGNOU, Chennai. She worked as a Research Assistant in the project Dictionary of Idioms and Phrases in Contemporary Tamil under Prof. Dr. P. R. Subramoniam, chief editor at Mozhi Trust in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai.

Since 2003, she has been a senior researcher at the Pondicherry cente of the EFEO, working in various projects such as the Caṅkam project, NETamil and TST.

Publications

2022. Pārata Māvintam mūlamum uraiyum. Critical edition in 2 volumes. Erode: Aṟam Patippakam.

2021. The Perunkuṟiñci (Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu): A Critical Edition of the Text, with the commentary of Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar. Collection Indologie 142 – NETamil series 6 – Critical Texts of Caṅkam Literature 5. Pondicherry: EFEO/IFP.

2015. Critical edition of the Kalittokai in 2 volumes. Pondicherry: EFEO/IFP.

2001. Catakattiraṭṭu. Ceṉṉai: International Institute of Tamil Studies.

1999. Kalittokai with Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar’s commentary. Critical edition and glossary in 2 volumes. Critical Texts of Caṅkam Literature 3.1-3.2. Ceṉṉai: EFEO/Tamilmann Patippakam.

1999. Edition of the Kācivicuvanāta Cathakam. I.I.T.S. Adayar.