Svaminatha Ayyar
(svāminātha ayyar)
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A savant who brought to light a number of Tamil classics. |
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A savant who brought to light a number of Tamil classics. It was under Mahvidvan Minaksisundaram Pillai that he found the inspiration for his lifelong work for Tamil. U Ve (his Tamil initials) Svaminatha Ayyar travelled all over Tamil Nadu, (vent from village to village, house to house, in search of palm-leaf manuscripts of ancient and medieval Tamil works. His prodigious labors were rewarded with the discovery of a number of manuscripts which he edited and published. He has also written a lengthy autobiography. Dr Ayyar who died in 1942 at the age of 87 was fondly called "Tamil Tatta" ("Grand Old Man of Tamil"). |
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