[Y-Indology] Date of tirumantiram by thirumUlar?

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N.Ganesan wrote:

>None can brush aside what Vaiyapuri, Zvelebil, ... have said

>about Jaina influence in early tamil literature. Nowadays,

>many Tamil Brahmi inscripions show the early Jaina connexions

>too (eg., AtiyamAn's Jambai inscription to a Jaina monk.

>Atiyaman and Auvaiyar are prominent in sangam lit.)

 

If you want to see yourself, wait a few weeks and you can check about this in:

 

Iravatam Mahadevan,

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the earliest times to the sixth

century A.D.

 

Harvard Oriental Series 62

 

This has a long intro on all related topics (incl. a lot on Jainas/Prakrit

and old Kannada) influences on early Tamil, early Tamil states, etc.), plus

edition, translation, commentary, index, etc.

 

This book should lay to rest all related speculations (especially on other

lists; ( ^:-) ...

Cheers, MW

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