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description:multibyte sequence:
long a ā
long A Ā
long i ī
long I Ī
long u ū
long U Ū
vocalic r ṛ
vocalic R Ṛ
long vocalic r ṝ
vocalic l ḷ
vocalic L Ḷ
long vocalic l ḹ
velar n ṅ
velar N Ṅ
palatal n ñ
palatal N Ñ
retroflex t ṭ
retroflex T Ṭ
retroflex d ḍ
retroflex D Ḍ
retroflex n ṇ
retroflex N Ṇ
palatal s ś
palatal S Ś
retroflex s ṣ
retroflex S Ṣ
anusvara ṃ
visarga ḥ
long e ē
long o ō
l underbar ḻ
r underbar ṟ
n underbar ṉ
k underbar ḵ
t underbar ṯ

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maṟaintu pōṉa tamiḻ nūlkaḷ - i
paḻaiya irāmāyaṇam

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Remnants of Tamil Works lost over the years - i
pazaya ramayaNam

paḻaiya irāmāyaṇam
[mūlam: mayilai cīṉi. vēṅkaṭacāmiyiṉ "maṟaintu pōṉa tamiḻ nūlkaḷ"
muṉṉuraiyum arumpatak kuṟippum taṭṭalum: periyaṇṇaṉ cantiracēkaraṉ,
aṭlāṇṭā, amerikkā. tamiḻakam: īrōṭu]

muṉṉurai:
kampa irāmāyaṇattiṟkum muṉpē cila tamiḻ irāmāyaṇaṅkaḷ iruntaṉa eṉpataṟkut tiṇṇiya
cāṉṟukaḷ uḷḷaṉa. caṅkak kālattilēyē tamiḻil irāmāyaṇam iruntatu eṉpatu puṟanāṉūṟṟiṉ
378-ām pāṭaliliruntum aka nāṉūṟṟiṉ 70-ām pāṭaliliruntum vālmīki irāmāyaṇattil
illāta
nikaḻccikaḷaik kuṟippiṭuvatiṉiṉṟu terikiṟatu eṉṟu perkkeli palkalait tamiḻ-vaṭamoḻip
pērāciriyar 'cār'c ḵārṭṭu (George Hart) "The Poems of ancient Tamil: their milieu
and their Sanskrit
counterparts", (1975) eṉṉum nūlil nuvalkiṟār.

puṟanāṉūṟṟiṉ cāṉṟu (kuraṅkukaḷum aṇikalaṉum):

puṟanāṉūṟṟiṉ 378-ām pāṭalil aracaṉiṭamiruntu aṇikalaṉkaḷaip paricil peṟṟa pāṇarkaḷ
avaṟṟai
aṇintukoḷḷum ceytiyai nakaiccuvaiyākac collumpōtu pulavar ūṉpoti pacuṅkuṭaiyār
kīḻakkaṇṭavāṟu pāṭuvār:

"...
ilampā(ṭu) iḻantaeṉ irumpēr okkal
viralceṟi marapiṉa cevittoṭak kunarum
cevittoṭar marapiṉa viraṟceṟik kunarum
araik(ku)amai marapiṉa miṭaṟṟuyāk kunarum
miṭaṟ(ṟu)amai marapiṉa araikkuyāk kunarum
kaṭunteṟal irāmaṉ uṭaṉpuṇar cītaiyai
valittakai arakkaṉ vauviya ñāṉṟai
nilañcēr mataraṇi kaṇṭa kuraṅkiṉ
cemmukap peruṅkiḷai iḻaippolin tāaṅ(ku)
aṟāa arunakai iṉitupeṟ(ṟu) ikumē
..." [puṟanāṉūṟu: 378:13-21]


"... [cōḻaṉ iḷañcēṭceṉṉi īnta paricilāl] vaṟumaiyai iḻanta eṉ periya cuṟṟattār avaṉ
koṭutta
aṇikalaṉkaḷil viralukku aṇiya vēṇṭiyataik kātilum kātukku aṇiyavēṇṭiyatai viralilum
iṭaikku
aṇivataik kaḻuttilum aṇintukoṇṭatu perum valimaiyai uṭaiya irāmaṉiṉ taṉ tuṇaiyākiya

cītaiyai irāvaṇaṉ vauvic ceṉṟapōtu cītai nilattil vīci yeṟintirunta nakaikaḷaik
kaṇṭeṭuttavuṭaṉ
kuraṅkukaḷ avvaṇikalaṉkaḷil etai enta uṟuppiṉmītu aṇivateṉṟu teriyāmal taṅkaḷ
uṭampiṉmēl māṟi
māṟi aṇintukoṇṭataip pōl vēṭikkaiyāka iruntatu" eṉṟu colkiṟār.

vālmīkiyilō (4:6) kuraṅkukaḷ cītaiyiṉ nakaikaḷaik kaṇṭupiṭikkum kāṭcic
cittirikkap paṭavēyillai;
māṟākac cukkirīvaṉ irāmaṉiṭam cītaiyiṉ aṇikalaṉkalaik kāṭṭi avai cītai irāvaṇaṉāṟ
kaṭattap
paṭumpōtu tāṉum nāṉku kuraṅkukaḷum nilattil iruppataik kaṇṭu cītai avaṟṟaik kīḻē
vīciyatāka maṭṭumē
colkiṟāṉ.

akanāṉūṟṟiṉ cāṉṟu (irāmaṉ avitta ālamaram):

akanāṉūṟṟiṉ 70-am pāṭal maturait tamiḻk kūttaṉār kaṭuvaṉ maḷḷaṉār pāṭiya neytal
tiṇaip pāṭalākum.
atil talaiviyiṭaṉ kātal toṭarpāka ūrār pēcuvataip paṟṟit talaiviyiṭam collumpōtu
kīḻkkaṇṭavāṟu
kuṟippiṭuvatākap pulavar pāṭuvār:
"...
nammoṭu puṇarnta kēṇmai muṉṉē
alarvāyp peṇṭir ampal tūṟṟap
palarum āṅ(ku)aṟintaṉar maṉṉē; iṉiyē
vatuvai kūṭiya piṉṟai....
...
veṉvēṟ kavuriyar tolmutu kōṭi
muḻaṅkuirum pauvam iraṅkum muṉtuṟai
velpōr irāmaṉ arumaṟaik(ku) avitta
palvīḻ ālam pōla
oliavin taṉ(ṟu)iv aḻuṅkal ūrē". (akanāṉūṟu:70:5-17)

aḵtāvatu, "uṉṉait tirumaṇam ceytukoḷḷummuṉ avarukkum uṉakkum irunta kātalaip
paṟṟi ūrp
peṇkaḷ ūrār palarum aṟiyumāṟu alar (kicukicu!) pēcic ceytiyaip parappiṉar. āṉāl,
tirumaṇam āṉa
piṉṉarō [nilaimai vēṟu];
veṟṟi tarum vēl ēntiya kauriyar kulattup pāṇṭiyarukkuriya mikap paḻamaiyāṉa
taṉu*ckōṭiyil muḻaṅkum
peruṅ kaṭal alaivīcum tuṟaiyil veṟṟiyaṉṟi vēṟētum aṟiyāta irāmaṉ taṉ ilaṅkaip
paṭaiyeṭuppup
paṟṟi ārāyvataṟkāka ōr āla marattaṭiyiṉ aṭiyil amarntiruntāṉ; appōtu amaitiyai vēṇṭi
āla
marattil amarntirunta paṟavaikaḷai oliyeḻuppāmal irukkac ceytatupōl, ūr
amaitiyākiviṭṭatu!" eṉṟāḷ.

mēṟkaṇṭavāṟu taṉu*ckōṭi nikaḻcci vālmīki irāmāyaṇattil illai; atil vēṟumātiri uḷḷatu.

mēṟcuṭṭiya atē nūlil ḵārṭṭuc cāṟṟuvār: "vālmīkiyiṉ vaṭamoḻi irāmāyaṇattait tamiḻ
irāmāyaṇattōṭu oppiṭumpōtu tamiḻatu kavittuvam niṟaintiruppatu teḷivākiṟatu;
atilum akanāṉūṟṟu
nikaḻcci iṉṉum kavittuvam nirampi yuḷḷatu eṉṟu emakkut tōṉṟukiṟatu.

"vaṭamoḻiyil (6:21) irāmaṉ ilaṅkaiyiṉmēl paṭaiyeṭukkum muṉ kaṭalukku vaṇakkam
celuttiviṭṭuk
karaiyil taruppaippuṟ paṭukkaiyil mūṉṟu pakalum mūṉṟu iravum paṭuttuṟaṅkiyapiṉ
mīṇṭum kaṭalai vaṇaṅkukiṟāṉ;
appōtum kaṭal aṭaṅki iṇaṅkātirukkavum taṉ villil nāṉmukaṉ koṭutta ampait
(piramāttiram)
toṭuttu atai vaṟaṇṭupōmāṟu accuṟuttavum kaṭal irāmaṉiṉ viruppattiṟku
iṇaṅkukiṟatu.

"avvāṟu vaṭamoḻiyil kaṟpaṉaiyō oppaṉaiyō iṉṟi akkāṭci cittirikkap paṭṭirukkac
caṅkakkāla
irāmāyaṇattilō irāmaṉ uṟaṅkumpōtu ālamarattai amaitiyākkik kaṭalai muḻaṅkac
ceytu
kaṭaliṉ aṭaṅkāmaiyai tamiḻp pulavaṉ aḻakiya muraṇkāṭṭi veḷikkoṇarkiṟāṉ.

"attakaiya vēṟupāṭukaḷaik kāṇumpōtum tamiḻp pulavarkaḷ taṅkaḷ avaiyiṉarkku
irāmāyaṇattaip
paṟṟi nalla paḻakkam uḷḷatākak karutip pāṭiyuḷḷataik kāṇumpōtum caṅkak
kālattilēyē tamiḻakattil
tamiḻil ōr irāmāyaṇam iruntirukkavēṇṭum eṉṟu tōṉṟukiṟatu. akkālattil irunta tamiḻp
pulavarkaḷiṉ
pēreṇṇikkaiyaiyaik karutumpōtum tamiḻk kavitaiyiṉ uyarnta nilaiyai eṇṇumpōtum atu
etirpārkkavēṇṭiya voṉṟē."

ḵārṭṭut toṭarkiṟār: " antap paḻaiya irāmāyaṇattiṉ cila pakutikaḷ
piḻaittiruntirukkalām.
mayilai cīṉi vēṅkaṭacāmi "maṟainta pōṉa tamiḻnūlkaḷ" eṉṉum nūlil oru paḻaiya
irāmāyaṇattiṉiṉṟum
nāṉku ceyyuḷkaḷaik kāṭṭiyuḷḷār; appakutikaḷ iraṇṭu paḻantokai nūlkaḷiṉ uraiyil
iruntataṉāl
kākkappaṭṭaṉa. āṉāl avai caṅkak kālat tokai nūlkaḷaip pōl toṉmaiyāṉavaiyā eṉṟu
nammāl
tuṇiya muṭiyavillai."

intap paḻaiya irāmāyaṇattiṉ āciriyar peyarum kālamum teriyavillai; āṉāl itu kampa
irāmāyaṇattiṟkum mikavum muntiyatu eṉpatu uṟuti; ēṉeṉil akavaṟpākkaḷ
kampaṉukkum pala nūṟṟāṇṭukaḷ
muṉpē vaḻakku arukippōyiṉa.

eṉavē inta ariya ceyyuḷkaḷ kiṭṭiyatu namatu perumpēṟeṉṟu makiḻntu avaṟṟaic
cuvaittup pōṟṟip
pātukāppōmāka. namakkuk kiṭṭiyuḷḷa tamiḻnūlkaḷukku iṉimēlum yātōr iṭukkaṇum
nērātavāṟu
kavaṉamāka iruttal iṉṟiyamaiyātatu. iṉṉum pallāyirak kaṇakkāṉa ōlaic cuvaṭikaḷ
intiyāvilum
airōppāvilum patippuk kāṇāmal uḻalvatu nam ellārkkum āṟṟaviyalāta tuyar aḷikkum
ceytiyē.
nām poruḷutaviyum aṟiñar utaviyum tiraṭṭi avaṟṟaik kāppatu nam kaṭamai.

paḻaiya irāmāyaṇam
mayilai cīṉi.vēṅkaṭacāmi:

akavaṟpāviṉāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭa paḻaiya irāmāyāṇam oṉṟu iruntateṉpatu, āciriyamālai
eṉṉum
tokainūliliruntu terikiṟatu. āciriyamālai, āciriyap pākkaḷiṉāl āṉa nūlkaḷiliruntu cila
pāṭalkaḷ
tokukkappaṭṭa ceyyuḷaik koṇṭa nūl. āciriya mālaiyum iṟantupaṭṭup pōṉa nūlē.
atiliruntu cila
ceyyuḷkaḷaip puṟattiraṭṭu eṉṉum tokainūlil cērttuḷḷaṉar.

āciriyamālaiyil tokukkap paṭṭirunta paḻaiya irāmāyaṇac ceyyuḷkaḷil aintu ceyyuḷkaḷ
puṟattiraṭṭil cērkkap paṭṭuḷḷaṉa. avai kīḻē varumāṟu:

"
māmutu tātai ēvaliṉ ūrtuṟantu
kāṉuṟai vāḻkkaiyil kalanta irāmaṉ
māa iralai vēṭṭam pōkit
talaimakaḷ pirinta taṉimaiyaṉ taṉātu
cuṟṟamum cēṇiṭai atuvē muṟṟiyatu
nañcukaṟai paṭutta puṉmiṭaṟ(ṟu) iṟaivaṉ
ulakupoti uruvamoṭu tokaiit talaināḷ
veṇkōṭṭuk kuṉṟam eṭutta mīḷi
vaṉtōḷ āṇtakai ūrē aṉṟē
colmuṟai maṟantaṉam vāḻi
villum uṇ(ṭu)avaṟ(ku) annāḷ āṅkē.

arumpatak kuṟippu:
tātai = tantai; iralai = māṉ; vēṭṭam = vēṭṭai; miṭaṟu = kaḻuttu; nañcu...iṟaivaṉ =
nañcuṇṭa...civaṉ;
veṇkōṭṭuk kuṉṟam = paṉi paṭarnta ucciyaik koṇṭa imayam; mīḷi = valiya āṭavaṉ
(irāvaṇaṉ).
irāmaṉ māyamaṉ vēṭṭaiyāl cītaiyaip pirintatum, civaṉ amarntirunta imayattai
irāvaṇaṉ eṭukka
muyaṉṟatum pāṭappaṭukiṉṟaṉa.

mātark keṇṭai varippuṟat tōṟṟamum
nīlak kuvaḷai niṟaṉum pāḻpaṭa
ilaṅkai akaḻi mūṉṟum arakkiyar
karuṅkā ṉeṭumaḻaik kaṇṇum viḷim(pu)aḻintu
perunīr ukuttaṉa mātō vatuvak
kuraṅkutoḻil āṇṭa irāmaṉ
alaṅkutaṭa(ṟu) oḷvāḷ akaṉṟa ñāṉṟē.

arumpatak kuṟippu:
alaṅku = miṉṉukiṉṟa; taṭaṟu = uṟai

irucuṭar vaḻaṅkāp perumū(tu) ilaṅkai
neṭuntōḷ irāmaṉ kaṭanta ñāṉṟai
eṇ(ku)iṭai miṭainta paiṅkaṇ cēṉaiyiṟ
paccai pōrtta palapuṟat taṇṇaṭai
eccār maruṅkiṉum eyiṟpuṟat(tu) iṟuttaliṉ
kaṭalcūḻ araṇam pōṉṟa
uṭalciṉa vēntaṉ muṟṟiya ūrē."

arumpatak kuṟippu:
ñāṉṟu = kālam; eṇku miṭainta = karaṭikaḷ kalanta (cukkirīvaṉ cēṉaiyil 'cāmpavāṉ
mutaliya karaṭikaḷ
iruntaṉa). eyil = matil

mēṟkaṇṭa ceyyuḷkaḷ tolkāppiyam:puṟattiṇai:12-ām cūttira uraiyil
nacciṉārkkiṉiyarālum
mēṟkōḷ kāṭṭap paṭṭuḷḷaṉa.

"mēlatu vāṉattu mūvā nakarum
kīḻatu nākar nāṭum puṭaiyaṉa
ticaikāp pāḷar tēyak kuṟumpum
koḷḷai cāṟṟik kavarntumuṉ tanta
palvēṟu viḻuniti ellām avvaḻik
kaṇnutal vāṉavaṉ kātaliṉ irunta
kuṉ(ṟu)ēntu taṭakkai aṉaittum toḻiluṟat
tōlāt tuppiṉ tāḷniḻal vāḻkkai
valampaṭu maḷḷarkku vīci vakuttaṉaṉ
mālai veṇkuṭai arakkar kōvē.

arumpatak kuṟippu:
tōlā = tōlviyaṭaiyāta; tuppu = valimai; maḷḷar = vīrar;
irāvaṇaṉ tāṉ cērtta celvattait taṉ vīrarkku vakuttu aḷittatu collappaṭṭuḷḷatu.

irupāl cēṉaiyum naṉimaruṇṭu nōkka
muṭukiyal peruvicai aravukkaṭum koṭpiṉ
eṇticai maruṅkiṉum eṇniṟaintu tōṉṟiṉum
orutaṉi aṉumaṉ kaiakaṉṟu parappiya
vaṉmaram tuṇipaṭa vēṟupala nōṉpaṭai
vaḻaṅki akampaṉtōḷ paṭaiyāka ōcci
āṅka,
aṉumaṉ aṅkaiyiṉ aḻuttaliṉ taṉātu
vaṉtalai uṭalpukkuk kuḷippa mukamkarin(tu)
uyirpōku cenneṟi peṟāmaiyiṉ
poruḷakattu niṉṟaṉa neṭumcēṇ poḻutē.

kaṭalum malaiyum nērpaṭak kiṭanta
maṇṇa vaḷāka nuṇveyil tukaḷiṉum
noytāl amma tāṉē iḵ(tu)avaṉ
kuṟittaṉa neṭiyāṉ kollō moytava
vāṅkucilai irāmaṉ tampi āṅ(ku)avaṉ
aṭipoṟai āṟṟiṉ allatu
muṭipoṟai āṟṟalaṉ paṭipoṟai kuṟittē."

mēṟkaṇṭa ceyyuḷai nacciṉārkkiṉiyar tolkāppiyam:poruḷ:puṟattiṇai:21-ām
cūttirattiṉ "kaṭṭil nītta pāl" eṉpataṉ uraiyil mēṟkōḷkāṭṭiyuḷḷār.



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