SV: [Y-Indology] Historical truths about Indology

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INDOLOGY, vvrsps@r... wrote:

> Naga Ganesan rightly reminds Indologists of Tolkappiyam.

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>

> Thanks to the interest of Western scholars (provoked initially by

> similarity between Sanskrit and some European languages) Sanskrit

> works (Panini, Valmiki, Gita, Kalidasa, shad-darshana, etc.) are

> far better known to the Western world, and through it, to the

> Macauley-educated Hindus, than Tolkappiyam, Kamban, Tirukkural,

> Saivasiddhamtam, etc. tirukkural, or

> Periyapuranam

 

Prof Raman, not to forget, the emotional Bhakti poetry of the great

Vaishnava saints, Nammalvar, Andal and Parakalan, among others.

 

Regards,

 

LS