Vol. 4 No. SPL 2 (2022): Volume 4, Issue SPL 2, Year 2022
Articles

Numbers in Tholkappiyam Eluthathikaram

Subbulakshmi R
Government of Higher Secondary School, Sulur-641402, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-02-28

Keywords

  • Tholkappiyam Eluthathikaram,
  • Numbers,
  • Alphabets,
  • Sangam Literature

How to Cite

R, S. (2022). Numbers in Tholkappiyam Eluthathikaram. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(SPL 2), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s252

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Abstract

Tamil poets have created, named, categorized, summarized and preserved dialects based on dialects in order to preserve the language they speak. Before exploring the importance of numbers in language it is necessary to know the design of grammatical literature. It is possible that the Sanskrit poets called the text grammar of the words when they recorded the language, they created in the journals so that it would be known to the world, and the textual literature of the world empirical biographies based on his linguistic ability. By learning the language of counting and writing as the body and soul direct the human being, it is possible to know through the Tamil numerals that the numbers representing the measurements are also designed while the letters are being created. The purpose of the article is to give an overview of the measurements that have taken place in human life, with descriptions of messages, numbers, and nouns. The importance of numbers has been highlighted in explaining the alphabetical order of the letters and the alphabetical alphabets created for the Tamil language under the heading of letters and numbers, as well as the design of the vowels formed with the primary letters. The use of numbers in the classification of letters by alphabetical order is illustrated by the use of numbers to distinguish vowel letters into vowel, melody, and interjection types, and to point and quote characters. The words created for measurements such as size and mass are the primary letters of the words and the reasons for giving a special place to measurements in Tamil are explained. In order to give Tamil a lofty place in the world languages ​​in the end, there are poems in which the Tamils ​​use their numbers to indicate the year of publication, the year of an action, the time of action, and the number of soldiers involved in the war. The conclusion of the study is outlined.

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