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Tolkāppiyam
தொல்காப்பியம்
About the Work
Tolkāppiyam is the most ancient of all Tamil treatises now extant. It is the earliest complete work of linguistics in the ancient classical traditions of the world. It is complete in the sense that it encompasses both the written and spoken languages, and it is a grammar of graphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, poetics, prosody and rhetoric.
Digital Resources & Editions
35 editions| S.No | Details of the Book | Year | Category | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram Text and Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Editor: Maḻavai Makāliṅkaiyar; Publication: Kalvikkaṭal Press) | 1847 | Commentary | |
| 2 | Tholcapya Nunnool (Editor: S. Samuel Pillay; Publication: The Press of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Vepery) | 1858 | Text | |
| 3 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Cēṉāvaraiyar's Commentary (Editor: C. W. Damodaram Pillai; Publication: Pushparata Cheṭṭiyār's Kalāratṉākaram Press) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 4 | Tolkāppiyac Cēṉāvaraiyam (Editor: Kōmaḷapuram Irācakōpālappiḷḷai; Publication: Varttamāṉataraṅkiṇī Cākai Press) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 5 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram with Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (Editor: Tiricirapuram Cōṭacāvatāṉam Cupparāya Cheṭṭiyār) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 6 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram with Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Editor: C. W. Damodaram Pillai; Publication: The Scottish Press, Madras) | 1885 | Commentary | |
| 7 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Cēṉāvaraiyar's Commentary (Editor: C. W. Damodaram Pillai; Publication: Vittiyānupālaṉayantiracālai) | 1886 | Commentary | |
| 8 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Editor: C. W. Damodaram Pillai; Publication: Victoria Jubilee Yantrasalai) | 1892 | Commentary | |
| 9 | Tholcapyam Porulathikaram with Nachinarkinier's Commentaries (Editor: Rao Bahadur S. Bavanandam Pillai; Publication: Minerva Press, Chennai) | 1916 | Commentary | |
| 10 | Tolkāppiyam Ceyyuḷiyal with Commentaries of Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar and Uraiyāciriyar (Editor: R. Raghavaiyangar; Publication: Tamiḻc Caṅka Muttirācālai) | 1917 | Commentary | |
| 11 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram Pērāciriyam (Editor: Rao Bahadur S. Bavanandam Pillai; Publication: Longmans Green and Company, Chennai) | 1917 | Commentary | |
| 12 | Tolkāppiyam Iḷampūraṇam Poruḷatikāram - Akattiṇaiyiyal and Puṟattiṇaiyiyal (Editor: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai) | 1919 | Commentary | |
| 13 | Tolkāppiyam Text (with Comments and Textual Variations) (Editor: P. Punnaivananatha Mudaliyar; Publication: P.N. Chidambara Mudaliyar & Co, Madurai) | 1922 | Text | |
| 14 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram, Collatikāram (Editor: kā. Namaccivāya Mudaliyar; Publication: Si. Kumrasamy Naidu Sons, Chennai) | 1922 | Text | |
| 15 | Tolkāppiyap Potuppāyiram Text and Āttiraiyar Pērāciriyar's Commentary (Editor: T.V. Sadasiva Pandarathar; Publication: Sri komalamba Press) | 1923 | Commentary | |
| 16 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram Iḷampūraṇam (Editor: Kāvērippākkam Namaccivāya Mudaliyar; Publication: Si. Kumrasamy Naidu Sons, Chennai) | 1927 | Commentary | |
| 17 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Teyvaccilaiyār's Commentary (Publication: Karanthai Tamil Sangam) | 1929 | Commentary | |
| 18 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram Iḷampūraṇam (Editor: Kāvērippākkam Namaccivāya Mudaliyar; Publication: Si. Kumrasamy Naidu Sons, Chennai) | 1931 | Commentary | |
| 19 | Tolkāppiyam Iḷampūraṇam Poruḷatikāram (Kaḷaviyal, Kaṟpiyal and Poruḷiyal) (Editor: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai) | 1933 | Commentary | |
| 20 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram Part. I (Nacciṉārkkiṉiyam) (Editors: S. Vaiyapuri Pillai & M.N. Somasundaram Pillai; Publication: Sadhu Press) | 1934 | Commentary | |
| 21 | Tolkāppiyam Iḷampūraṇam Poruḷatikāram (Editor: V.O. Chidambaram Pillai; Publication: Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu & Sons, Chennai) | 1935 | Commentary | |
| 22 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram Nacciṉārkkiṉiyam (Editor: M.V. Venugopala Pillai; Publication: Bavandar Academy, Chennai) | 1941 | Commentary | |
| 23 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram with Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary and G. Devaneyapavanar's footnotes (Publication: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society) | 1944 | Commentary | |
| 24 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Kallāṭaṉār's Extended Commentary and K. Sundaramoorthy's Explanation (Publication: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society) | 1964 | Commentary | |
| 25 | Tolkāppiyam Text and Textual Variations – A Deep Study (Editors: K.M. Venkataramaiya, S.V. Subramaniyan, P.V. Nagarajan; Publication: International School of Dravidian Linguistics) | 1996 | Text | |
| 26 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (K. Sundaramoorthy; Publication: The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society) | 1963 | Commentary | |
| 27 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (Edited by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai; Published by Velayudham Printing Press, Thoothukudi) | 1928 | Commentary | |
| 28 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (Edited by Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai; Published by Athiniyam and Telenews French Press, Chennai) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 29 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (Edited by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai; Published by Agasthiyar Press - Ammasamudram) | 1868 | Commentary | |
| 30 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram Iḷampūraṇam (Edited by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai; Published by Agasthiyar Press - Ammasamudram) | — | Commentary | |
| 31 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Edited by Dr. Ku. Sundaramoorthy; Published by Annamalai University) | 1985 | Commentary | |
| 32 | Tolkāppiyam Poruḷatikāram tokuti-2 nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Editor: Dr. K. Sundaramoorthy; Publisher: Annamalai University) | 1986 | Commentary | |
| 33 | Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar's Commentary (Edited by C. Y. Damodaram Pillai; Published by Victoria Jubilee Yantrasala) | 1812 | Commentary | |
| 34 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram (Edited by P. S. Subramania Sastri; Published by Murugavilas Jananakula Press, Tiruchirappalli) | 1937 | Commentary | |
| 35 | Tolkāppiyam Eḻuttatikāram Iḷampūraṇar's Commentary (Edited by Dr. Ku. Sundaramoorthy; Published by Annamalai University) | 1979 | Commentary |