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THE
PRIMARY CLASSICAL LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD
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By
DEVANEYA PAVANAR
(G.Devanayan) |
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Contents |
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Certificate |
v
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Preface |
vi
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Foreword |
ix
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Publisher's
Note |
xi
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Preface
to the first edition |
xiii
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Transliteration
Table |
xvi
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List
of Symbols |
xvii
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List
of Abbreviations |
xviii
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INTRODUCTION
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01.
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Importance
of History |
01
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02.
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The
Nature of the History of Ancient Tamil Nadu |
01
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03.
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The
Sources of Cultural History of Ancient Tamils |
02
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04.
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Signification
of term 'Tamil' |
02
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05.
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Need
for distinguishing Tamil from the other
Dravidian languages |
06
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Tamil
the Best Representative of the Dravidian
Family of Languages |
08
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06.
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India
Proper in the South |
15
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07.
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The
Tamils indigenous to South India |
17
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08.
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Antiquity
of Tamil |
29
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09.
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Lemuria
the Original Home of the Tamilians |
36
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10.
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Catholicity
of Tamil |
53
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11.
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Relation
between Tamil and the other families of
languages |
56
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12.
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The
origin of the three dynastic names, Pandiya,
Chola and Chera |
57
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13.
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Circumstances
that obscure the greatness of Tamil |
61
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14.
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Caldwell's
Errors |
63
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15.
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Origin
of Linguistic Science |
71
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16.
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The
Fallacies of Descriptive Linguistics |
72
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17.
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The
Linguistic Illusion of the Max Mullerian School |
77
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18.
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The
manifold defects of the Madras Tamil Lexicon |
86
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19.
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A
Dravidian Etymological Dictionary |
98
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20.
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What
is Hinduism |
102
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21.
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The
Origin of Caste System |
104
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22.
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The
History of Tamil in a nut-shell |
107
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23.
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The
Nature of Sanskrit |
109
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THE
PRIMARY CLASSICAL LANGUAGE OF THE WORLD
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01.
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Lemuria
(External Evidences) |
111
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02.
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Origination
of the Human Race (circa.5,00,000 B.C.) |
116
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03.
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The
Evolution of the Tamilian or Homo Dravida
(circa. 2,00,000 - 50,000 B.C.) |
123
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04.
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Beginnings
of Tamil (circa.200 000 - 100,000 B.C) |
128
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05.
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Growth
and Development of Tamil (circa.100,000 -
50,000 B.C) |
133
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06.
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The
Four Stages of Development of Tamil |
163
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07.
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Derivational
Changes |
165
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(a)
General Forms
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165
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(b)
Grammatical Forms (colloquial)
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184
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08.
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Literary
Cultivation of Tamil |
212
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09.
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Northward
Spread of the Lemurian Tamils and
Variation of Tamil into Dravidian |
219
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10.
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Transition
of Dravidian to Aryan |
227
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11.
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Westward
Spread of the Tamils or Dravidians |
231
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12.
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Formation
of West Aryan |
235
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i) Words bearing Morphological and
Semasiological Similarity of the First Degree |
235
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ii)
Words bearing Morphological and
Semasiological Similarity of the Second Degree |
279
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iii)
Words bearing Morphological and
Semasiological Similarity of the Third Degree |
286
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13.
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Advent
of the Vedic Aryans |
297
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Tamil
Words in the Vedas |
297
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Beginnings
of Sanskrit |
299
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14.
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Migration
of the Vedic Aryans to the South |
300
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Perfection
of Sanskrit |
300
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Progressive
Corruption of the Aryan
Languages from West to East |
301
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Composition
of Sanskrit |
303
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Development
of Sanskrit Literature |
306
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Enrichment
of Sanskrit Literature |
307
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15.
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Age
of Tolkappiyam |
309
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16.
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Errors
in Tolkappiyam |
311
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17.
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Introduction
of Aryan Ideas into Tolkappiyam |
313
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18.
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Aryanization
of Tamil |
315
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Suppression
of Tamil |
316
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Deterioration
of Tamil |
317
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Misrepresentation
of Tamil |
317
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19.
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Evidences
of Primary Classicality of Tamil |
318
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20.
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Tamil
more Divine than Sanskrit |
319
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21.
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Conclusion |
320
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Appendix |
322
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General
Index |
323
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Bibliography
and abbreviations |
325
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