Tolkappiyam in Comparative Perspective - Purapporul Venbamaalai Vetchi Thinai

Abstract

This article compares grammatical descriptions of Tolkappiyar and Iyanarithanaar about Vetchi Thinai. It compares the descriptions about vetchi thinai and its Thuraigal told in Puraththinaiyiyal of Tholkappiyam with PurapporuL venbaa maalai. Vadavenkadam Tenkumari Aidai Tamilkorum Nallulakam Accepted Grammar Nool Tolkappiyam. Tolkappier, who divided semantics into writing and word, clearly defined dualistic grammar when defining his semantics. Due to the lack of internal and external departments, the external sector also became weak. They are Vetchi, Vanji, Uzhinai, Thumbai, Vagai, Kanchi, Padan. Among these, he has made a cut for kurinchi, a snare for the umbilical cord, a thump for weaving for medicine, a kanji for milk and a kanji for peruntinai. This article presents some of the similarities between the two departments found in both texts.