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Tamil Literature, With 2,300 Years of Context

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An open, searchable collection of classical Tamil literature, spanning Sangam poetry, post-Sangam works, Avvaiyar, and modern literature.

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The collection is arranged around major Tamil literary groupings, including the Eight Anthologies, Ten Idylls, and Eighteen Minor Works, while also listing Avvaiyar and modern literature. Its search interface accepts both Tamil and English terms and returns material from a corpus of 5,362 verses. The page says annotations combine classical commentary, word-by-word meanings, and scholarly prose translations, with sources including Project Madurai and Sangathamizh.com.

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