(1902-02-07)7 February 1902 Gomathimuthupuram, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India)
Died
15 January 1981(1981-01-15) (aged 78) Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
Author, Tamil Activist, Etymologist
Devaneya Pavanar (also known as G. Devaneyan, Ñanamuttan Tevaneyan; 7 February 1902 – 15 January 1981) was an Indian scholar who wrote over 35 research volumes on Tamil language and literature. Additionally, he was a staunch proponent of the "Pure Tamil movement" and initiated the Etymological Dictionary Project primarily to bring out the roots of Tamil words and their connections and ramifications with Nostratic studies.
In his 1966 Primary Classical language of the World, he argues that the Tamil language is the "most natural" (iyal-moḻi) and also a proto-world language, being the oldest (thon-moḻi) language of the world, from which all other major languages of the world are derived. He believed that its literature, later called Sangam literature and usually considered to have been written from 200 BCE and 300 CE, spanned a huge period from 10,000 to 5,500 BCE.[1] Mainstream linguists, geologists and historians do not subscribe to his theories.
Devaneya Pavanar composed many musical pieces (Isaik kalambakam) and many noteworthy poems, including the collection of Venpa. The title Senthamiḻ Selvar was conferred on him by the Tamil Nadu State Government in 1979, and he was also addressed as Dravida Mozhi nool Nayiru ("Sun of Dravidian languages").[2]
^Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲ and Ka. Ta Tirunāvukkaracu (1983). Historical Heritage of the Tamils. International Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 178.
DevaneyaPavanar (also known as G. Devaneyan, Ñanamuttan Tevaneyan; 7 February 1902 – 15 January 1981) was an Indian scholar who wrote over 35 research...
began in the writings of Maraimalai Adigal, Paventhar Bharathidasan, DevaneyaPavanar, and Pavalareru Perunchitthiranaar, and was propagated in the Thenmozhi...
Gyanam, and Tiruvalluvar Kanda Tirunadanam. Several scholars, such as DevaneyaPavanar, deny that Thiruvalluvar was the author of these texts. George Uglow...
This theory was based on the methodology recommended by his teacher DevaneyaPavanar. The isolation resulted in the possibility of describing Kumari Kandam...
India. Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by DevaneyaPavanar Adi Dravida, natives of Southern India Dravidian folk religion Dravidan...
predominantly did not sink beneath sea level. Some Tamil writers such as DevaneyaPavanar have associated Lemuria with Kumari Kandam, a legendary sunken landmass...
hypothesis in Hindu nationalism Currents of Tamil nationalism (as in DevaneyaPavanar) Claims of interplanetary travel, possible existence of in-vitro fertilization...
(Kodikaal Pillaimar) Surname - Pillai,Moopanar." -Tamilar Varalaru by DevaneyaPavanar. The Vellalars have a long cultural history that goes back to over...
Jayalalitha via video conference. Mozhi Gnayiru(The sun of Language). DevaneyaPavanar (Tamil Writer) V.Gopalasamy (Vaiko) (Founder of MDMK) Karuppasamy (minister...
Bharathidasan, M. Varadarajan, Namakkal Kavignar, Thirukkuralar V. Munusamy, DevaneyaPavanar, M. Karunanithi, and Solomon Pappaiah, besides several hundred others...
Mahadevan C. Sivaramamurti K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyar V. Venkayya Mysticists DevaneyaPavanar L. D. Swamikannu Pillai Science and Mathematics C. V. Raman Srinivasa...
name by Parimelalhagar in his commentary on Thirukkural. According to DevaneyaPavanar, the work is completely lost to modern times. Kaṇakkatikāram Kaṇita...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
Chidambaram Pillai Thiru Vi Ka Bharathidasan M. Varadarajan Namakkal Kavignar V. Munusamy V. R. Nedunchezhiyan DevaneyaPavanar Karunanidhi Solomon Pappaiah...
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