Webpages of Tamil Electronic Library (C)K. Kalyanasundaram
Reference Materials for Tamil Lexicons, Surveys, Grammar, Dictionary
Lexicon/Reviews of Tamil Literature
Tamil Lexicon, 6 vols. (1982, reprint of 1924-36 ed.)
Publications Office, Univ. of Madras, Madras 600 005.
Arunachalam, M
An Introduction to the History of Tamil Literature,
Gandhi Vidyalayam, Thirucitrambalam, 1974
Chakravarthi,A
Jaina literature in Tamil
Bharathiya Jnanapita Publ, New Delhi, 1974
Dhandayudham, R
A survey of modern tamil literature, Madras, 1973 (2nd ed 1976
Govindasamy, M
A survey of sources for the History of Tamil Literature, Annamalai Univ, Chidambaram, 1977
John Samuel, G
Collected papers in Tamil literature
Mani pathipaham, Madras, 1979
Kolenda, Pauline
Studies of South India, an anthology of
recent research and scholarship, Madras, 1985
Lehmann, Thomas
a word index of tamil cankam literature
F. Steiner, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992
Malten, Thomas
a word index for cankam literature
Inst. of asian studies, madras, 1993
Meenakshisundaram, T.P
A History of Tamil Language, Poona, 1965
A History of Tamil Literature, Annamalai Univ. Chidambaram, 1965;
sarvodaya ilakkiyap pannai, madurai, 1981
Pavanantham Pillai, S
Tamizh ilakkiya thirattu (selections from tamil literature )
MacMillan, Madras, 1918
Purnalingam Pillai, M.S
Tamil literature
Tamil University, Tanjore, Tamilnadu, 1985
Raghava Aiyangar, M; Parthasarathi,J
Some aspects of Kerala and Tamil literature
Univ. of Kerala, Trivandrum, 1973
Ramalingam, M
Survey of 20th C. Tamil Literature, Madras, 1973/1977
Shanmugam, S.V
Dravidian Nouns
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, 1971
Singaravelu Mudaliar, A
Abithanachintamani Encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14, 1981
Sundaram Pillay, P
Some milestones in the history of tamil literature
Pioneer Book Services, Madras, 1985
Vaiyapuri Pillai, S
History of Tamil Language and Literature,
Madras, 1956
Varadarajan, M
A history of tamil literature (translation from tamil by E.S.Viswanathan)
Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, 1988
Zvelebil, Kamil V
Tamil Literature, E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1975/1990
Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature (Handbuch Der Orientalistik, Erganzungsband 5)
E.J. Brill, 1992, ISBN: 9004093656
Lexicon of Tamil Literature,
E.J. Brill, Leiden/New York/Kèoln, Jan. 1995, ISBN: 9004100725
Institute of Asian Studies
Encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature, Inst. of Asian studies, 2 vols, Thiruvanmayur, Madras-41, 1990, ISBN: 9991470689
Tamil Grammar books
Andronow, M
A standard grammar of modern and classical Tamil
New Century Book House, Madras, 1969
Arden, A.H
A progressive Grammar of the Tamil Language (Reprint of 1942, 5th ed. )
Christian Literature Society, P.O. Box 501, Park Town, Madras 600 003
Asher, R.E
Tamil (Croom Helm Descriptive Grammar)
North-hollad Publishing, Amsterdam, Routledge, Reprint, April 1989, ISBN: 0415036828
Caldwell, R
A comparative grammar of the Dravidian or South Indian Family of Languages
Reprint, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, 1987
Lehmann, Thomas
A Grammar of Modern Tamil, 2nd ed, 1994
Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, 19 Cinna Subbaraya Pillai Street, Pondicherry 605 001, India.
Percy C. Kerslake and C. R. Narayanaswami Aiyar
Tamil course for European schools
Madras: Christian Literature Society, 1977-1978
Nataraca Pillai, Na
A guide for advanced learners of Tamil
Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1986
Series title: Central Institute of Indian Languages monograph series; 35
Rajam, V. S.
A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry (150 B.C.-pre-fifth/sixth century A.D. (1992.)
American Philosophical Society, Independence Square, Philadelphia. ISBN: 087169199X
Schiffman, Harold
A Reference Grammar of Spoken Tamil , 1999
Cambridge University Press. Pp. i-xxii, 1-232.
Vermeer , Hans J, Angelika Morath
First European Tamil Grammar : A Critical Edition
John Benjamins Pub Co, June 1982, ISBN: 3872762745
English-Tamil, Tamil-English, Dictionaries
Burrow,.T
A dravidian etymological dictionary
Oxford Univ. Press, 1984
Clayton, A.C
A key to Rev. Pope's Handbook of the Tamil Language
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
Dhamotharan, A
Tamil dictionaries: a bibliography
F. Steiner, Stuttgart, Germany, 1978
Fabricius, J.P
A dictionary of Tamil and English based Tranquebar's Malabar English Dictionary
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
Rev. Herman Jensen
A Classified Collection of Tamil Proverbs
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14, 1993
Kathiraiver Pillai
Tamil Mozhi Akarathi (Tamil Dictionary)
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
N. Kathiraiver Pillai's Tamil moli akarathi: Tamil-Tamil dictionary
6th revised & enlarged ed. Reprint of the 1928 ed.
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1981
Kriyavin tarkalat tamil akarati (Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil).
Cre-A, 268 Royapettah High Road, Madras 600 014.
Lifco Tamil-Tamil-English Dictionary. (1968.)
The Little Flower Co., T. Nagar, Madras 600 017.
The Great Lifco Dictionary, English-English-Tamil. (1983, 12th ed.)
The Little Flower Company, T. Nagar, Madras 600 017.
Lazarus, John
A Dictionary of Tamil Proverbs with Introduction and Hints in English on Their Meaning and Application
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
McAlpin, D. W.
A Core Vocabulary for Tamil. (1976.)
Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 820 Williams Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Mousset, Louis Marie, 1808-1888 & Dupuis
Dictionnaire Francais-Tamoul (French-Tamil Dictionary)
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14, 1981, 1984
An introduction to Tamil script reading & writings
D. P. Pattanayak, M. S. Thirumalai
Mysore: Central Inst. of Indian Languages, 1980
Percival, P
Percival's English-Tamil Dictionary
South Asia Books, 1993, ISBN: 8120608178
Percival, P
Tamil Proverbs with Their English Translation Containing Upwards of 6000 Proverbs
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
Pope, G.U
Handbook of Tamil Language
(Reprinted by Asian Educational Services)
South Asia Books, June 1986, ISBN: 0836416783
Pope, G.U
Compendious Tamil-English Dictionary,
South Asia Books, August 1986, ISBN: 0836416805
Pope, G.U
A Tamil Prose Reader adopted to Tamil Handbook
Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14
Rajaram, S
English-Tamil pedagocial dictionary
Tamil university, Tanjore, Tamilnadu, India, 1986
Chandram Tucker; prefaced by Klaus L. Janert
A dictionary of English loan-words in modern Tamil: (Contributions towards a Modern Tamil-English Dictionary)
New Delhi: Harish Chandra, 1986
An annotated bibliography on modern Tamil grammars and Tamil handbooks
A. Thasarathan
Trivandrum: International Printers & Publishers, 1983
Viswanatha Pillai,V
A tamil-english dictionary
Madras School Book and Literary Society, Madras, 1984
(Reprinted by Asian Educational Services, Delhi 16/Chennai 14)
Winslow, M; Knight , Spaulding , Pillai
English and Tamil Dictionary (Reprinted by Asian Educational Services)
South Asia Books, 1986, ISBN: 0836416864
Winslow, Miron
A Comprehensive Tamil English Dictionary
I B D Ltd, July 1987, ISBN: 8120600002 (Reprinted by Asian Educational Services)
A comprehensive Tamil-English Dictionary
South Asia Books, Aug. 1986, ISBN: 0836416856
