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30 juin 2020
- doi: 10.4000/books.ifp.2870
- isbn: 9788184701944
- eisbn: 9791036544330
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Sanskrit Tamil medieval period cultural history intellectual history transculturation tamoul période médiévale histoire culturelle histoire intellectuelle sanskrit LAN009000 Linguistics CFSujets proches
Poems Poetry--Philosophy Poems Verses (Poetry) Poetry--TechniqueCiter ce document
Herman Tieken, « Early Tamil poetics between Nāṭyaśāstra and Rāgamālā », Institut Français de Pondichéry, ID : 10.4000/books.ifp.2870
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To the memory of Godard Schokker (1929–2009), who introduced me to Prākrit and Apabhraṃśa literature and thus gave me the key to understanding Caṅkam poetry 1. Introduction The earliest śāstric text in Tamil is Tolkāppiyam. It is part of the so-called Caṅkam corpus, which otherwise includes eight anthologies of poems. Tolkāppiyam describes, or prescribes, the grammar and poetics of this literary tradition. The indebtedness of its grammatical part in Books 1 and 2 to the Sanskrit tradition, an...