About this title: For hundreds of years Tamil poets have been composing devotional texts in which they adopt the voice of a mother and address praises to an extraordinary child. The poems, called pillaittamil (literally "Tamil for a child"), form a major genre of Tamil literature. Since the twelfth century, when the first known pillaittamil was written in honor of a Chola king, many of these poems have been composed in praise of Murugan and South Indian goddesses, as well as saints and venerated monastic abbots. In recent times pillaittamils have been dedicated to the Prophet Muhammad, the Virgin Mary, and ...
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Description: Acceptable. Book has some water damage, but book is still completely readable. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperbound
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu:
Date Published: 2002.
Description: Very Good. First published 1997. SHAPS Library of Translations. 297 pages. For hundreds of years Tamil poets have been composing devotional texts, called pillaittamil, in which they adopt the voice of a mother and address praises to an extraordinary child. Since the twelfth century many of these poems have been composed in praise of Murugan and South Indian goddesses, as well as saints and venerated monastic abbotts. This book provides examines seven of these poems together with essays on the ... read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, HI
Date Published: c1997
ISBN-13:9780824810634ISBN:0824810635
Description: NEW! NEVER READ! GREAT! XLH1125. SHAPS library of translations. Unknown printing. (pbk. : acid-free paper) xiii, 297 p. : ill.; 24 cm. "A publication of the School of Hawaiian Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Hawai'i"--P. preceding t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13:9780824810634ISBN:0824810635
Description: Good. 0824810635 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: New. Adopting the voice of a mother, poets lovingly praise gods and men. For hundreds of years Tamil poets have been composing devotional texts in which they adopt the voice of a mother and address praises to an extraordinary child. The poems, called pillaitamil (literally ‘Tamil for a child'), form a major genre of Tamil literature. Since the twelfth century, when the first known pillaitamil was written in honour of a Chola king, many of these poems have been composed in praise of the ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13:9780824810634ISBN:0824810635
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Date Published: 31/12/1997
ISBN-13:9780824810634ISBN:0824810635
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13:9780824810634ISBN:0824810635
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