... Sir, Your desire is getting fulfilled! Iravatham Mahadevan's book on the early Tamil brahmi inscriptions will be published in the Fall. It's in production,...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 4, 2001 1:07 pm
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Prof.A.Sa.Gnanasambandam, in his book "Periya Puranam Oru Ayvu" - (1994) Publshed by the Sekkizar Araichi Mayyam , Chennai, says that the images of Karaikal...
sivabgs@...
Aug 4, 2001 4:01 pm
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... For a starter, please see my post done 7 years ago: http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-shl/WA.EXE?A2=ind9411&L=indology&P=R4659 More later. Regards, N. Ganesan ...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 4, 2001 4:22 pm
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... To the references given by tiru N. Ganesan, we can add the "Note additionnelle" of Prof. Jean FILLIOZAT on p. 14-16 in the second edition of the following...
Jean-Luc Chevillard
JLC@...
Aug 4, 2001 9:12 pm
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... production, ... Thank you very much for this piece of good news. As far as this book is concerned, "'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished." (Hamlet ...
lsrinivas@...
Aug 5, 2001 1:54 am
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Thanks. In Ammaiyar's works we find ref. about Sandhya tandavam only. She does not refer to the other forms (Ananda tandavam etc.,). In Tanjore and Gangaikonda...
sivabgs@...
Aug 5, 2001 6:04 am
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... Dear tiru N. Ganesan, this is very good news indeed. As soon as the book is published, please send us the details about how the book can be obtained. ...
Jean-Luc Chevillard
JLC@...
Aug 5, 2001 2:46 pm
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... Dear LS, could you provide a translation of the passage you quoted? Thanks -- jlc...
Jean-Luc Chevillard
JLC@...
Aug 5, 2001 2:54 pm
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Ramanujan has translated this in his Hymns for the Drowning (p. 122) and in fact gives a detailed commentary too. Regards, LS ... of...
What is the earliest known sanskrit inscription and what is its date? What would be the earliest known Tamil inscription and date. Thanks. P.S. Sorry about the...
shevaroys@...
Aug 10, 2001 12:26 am
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... date? ... happened ... Dear Sir, I'd be nice to know your name, and the place of residence? BTW, are you into Tamil and/or Sanskrit studies? Kind regards, ...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:02 pm
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Prof. Dr. M. S. S. Pandian, a reputed scholar of Tamilnadu's social history, subaltern studies, Dravidian politics is a visting prof. at UWisconsin, Madison. ...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 10, 2001 1:33 pm
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Dear Mr. Ganesan, My name is Sujata, I live in Canada. I am into early Indian history rather than Tamil or Sanskrit studies specifically, but one leads to the...
shevaroys@...
Aug 10, 2001 5:46 pm
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Dear CTamilist, tiru N. Ganesan has been enquiring about the origin of uTkAr in Tamil <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/agathiyar/message/11443> (see also several...
Jean-Luc Chevillard
JLC@...
Aug 14, 2001 6:19 pm
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... Historical India lacked chairs. Buddhist sculpture in Amaravati etc., show kings sitting on cots, surrounded by dancers, chauri-bearers, etc. Nowadays we...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 14, 2001 8:06 pm
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... Yes, indeed. Before we go into the quotation, let me reproduce the original verse for easy reference: kalakka EzkaTal Ezmalai ulakEzum kaziyak kaTAy ...
lsrinivas@...
Aug 18, 2001 4:10 pm
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In a reply to http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-shl/WA.EXE?A2=ind9910&L=indology&P=R1600 ... Quoting Harry Falk, LS>This symbol, I understand, was not attested ...
Tiru. Iravatham Mahadevan's interview on Tamil and Ancient India can be read at: http://www.harappa.com/script/mahadevantext.html Regards, N. Ganesan Houston,...
naga_ganesan@...
Aug 31, 2001 4:41 pm
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... I also read it more than 2 years back. From the horse's mouth we have confirmation that Indus script remains undeciphered, their culture remains unknown...
V.C.Vijayaraghavan
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Sep 1, 2001 8:40 pm
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... Subsequent to this interview, Mahadevan has published an article assigning an important IVC sign as god Murukan2. The citation is I. Mahadevan, 'Murukan'...
naga_ganesan@...
Sep 2, 2001 12:59 pm
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... Is available on the net somewhere? I am sure all the scholors working in this field are diligent. At the same time, there is another factor which may be at...
V.C.Vijayaraghavan
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Sep 2, 2001 7:02 pm
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This might be of interest to the Nagaswaram etymology thread. Norman Cutler in his "Consider our Vow" (muttu patippakam, Madurai, 1979), a translation of...
lsrinivas@...
Sep 3, 2001 12:12 pm
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Dear LS, I'm just back in Paris and I find your message. As a contribution to the thread, I include below G.U. Pope's translation, as published by the...
Jean-Luc Chevillard
JLC@...
Sep 3, 2001 1:35 pm
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... This obviously is from the concept of shadjam, rishabham etc being natural sounds of various fauna. This, I think, is known from musical treatises. The...
lsrinivas@...
Sep 5, 2001 2:56 pm
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... citation is > > I. Mahadevan, 'Murukan' in the Indus script, p. 21- 40. J. Inst. of > > Asian studies (Madras), vol. XVI, no. 2, March 1999. The URL is: ...
S.Kalyanaraman
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Sep 10, 2001 4:49 am
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... musical ... Dear sri.Srininvas, Can u give the name of the Sanskrit musical treatises and their dates, where the above concept is mentioned for the first...
Ashok
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Sep 10, 2001 5:17 am
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... Going thro' the link, it just confirms my suspicion that you can read almost anything into a symbol in the absense of an understandable written explanation...
V.C.Vijayaraghavan
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Sep 10, 2001 9:27 am
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My questions to LS and to Ashok are below ... Dear LS, Another useful consequences in having these sanskrit references is for the dating of tivAkaram itself...