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Hardcover. Including texts, transliteration, translation and detailed commentary, this volume presents the earliest South Indian inscriptions (circa 2nd century BC to 6th century AD), written in Tamil in local derivations of the Ashokan Brahmi script. Editor(s): Mahadevan, Iravatham. Translator(s): Mahadevan, Iravatham. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 720 pages, 54 plates, 174 figures, glossary, indexes. BIC Classification: 1F; 2BRT; 3D; CFL; DQ; DSBB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 219 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012271
ISBN
9780674012271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.85
€ 72.77

Paperback. Collins Gem English-Tamil/Tamil-English Dictionary gives up-to-date coverage of Tamil and English in a compact, portable format. Series: Collins gem. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2BRT; 4KHT; 4KSS; CBDX; YRDL. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 116 x 88 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007387151
ISBN
9780007387151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Biblio Bee Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908357908
ISBN
9781908357908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.96

Paperback. Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? This title analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; 3JH; 3JJ; CFB; CFG; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208056
ISBN
9780520208056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Hardback. Translations based on: Ettuttokai; Pattuppattu; and Tolkappiyam. Editor(s): Ramanujan, A. K. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; DCQ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157346
ISBN
9780231157346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 86.38

Hardcover. This book studies conversions to Christianity and the growth of Christian identity in colonial South India. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BRT; HBTQ; HRCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230105621
ISBN
9780230105621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardback. Spoken by eighty million people, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue. David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil, emphasizing how its speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CBX; CFB; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059924
ISBN
9780674059924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.20

Hardback. Arte da Lingua Malabar, a sixteenth-century grammar of Tamil written in Portuguese by a Jesuit missionary, reflects the first linguistic contact between India and the West. This English translation also includes an analysis of the grammar and a description of the political context in which it was written. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 257 x 31. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
349
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674727236
ISBN
9780674727236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

hardcover. Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries C.E. delves into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence. Editor(s): Hart, George L.; Heifetz, Hank. Translator(s): Heifetz, Hank; Hart, George L. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 436 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 2BRT; DC; DSBB; DSC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780231115629
ISBN
9780231115629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.00

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dry, Roland. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BRT; YBC. Category: (JN) Preschool (0-5). Dimension: 277 x 235 x 4. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Mantra Lingua United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852699062
ISBN
9781852699062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.75

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