M. S. Purnalingam Pillai
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Munirpallam Sivasubramaniam Purnalingam Pillai | |
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| Period | 1898 - 1945 |
| Literary movement | Tanittamil Iyakkam |
| Notable works | Ravana, The Great King of Lanka |
Munnirpallam Sivasubramaniam Purnalingam Pillai (25 May 1866 – 6 June 1947) was a Tamil language-writer and Dravidologist.
Early life
Purnalingam Pillai was born on 25 May 1866 to Sivasubramaniam Pillai at
Tinnevely district. His parents belonged to a Saiva Vellalar family. After his initial education, Pillai joined as a lecturer of English at the Madras Christian College. During this period, Pillai got interested in studying Tamil history and civilization. He edited a Tamil journal called Gnanabodhini along with Parithimar Kalaignar
.
Dravidology and political activism
In 1904, Pillai published the first comprehensive study of Tamil literature as a historical narrative, titled A Primer of Tamil Literature. The narration was strongly imbibed with a Dravidian supremacist point of view. In the early 1920s, when excavations at
Tirukkural into English in prose and published it in 1942.[1]
Works
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1898). The matriculation reader. Thompson and Co.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1904). A Primer of Tamil Literature. Ananda Press.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1913). Full notes on A.T. Quiller Couch's historical tales from Shakespeare and Washington Irving's England's rural life and Christmas customs. P. R. Rama Ayyar & Co.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1914). Studies and Critiques. P. R. Rama Iyer.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1915). Ten Tamil saints: sketches of their lives, works and teachings, together with bibliographies. G. A. Natesan.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1923). Ravana, The Great King of Lanka. Bibliotheca.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1929). Critical Studies in Kural. Bibliotheca.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1929). St. Manickavasakar: his life and teachings. Bibliotheca.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1934). Saint Appar. South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd.
- M. S. Purnalingam Pillai (1945). Tamil India. South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society Ltd.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Sheldon I. Pollock (2003). Literary cultures in history: reconstructions from South Asia. University of California. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-0-520-22821-4.
- Ramaswamy, Sumathy (1997). Passions of the tongue: language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970. OCLC 36084635.
Further reading
- Purnalingam Pillai profile in Dina Mani
- Valluvar Year
- Kural Peedam Award
- Thiruvalluvar Award
- Tiruvalluva Maalai
- A Letter to a Hindu
- Impact of Tirukkural
- Thiruvalluvar University
- Thiruvalluvar Twin Bridge
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