Tamil prosody defines several metres in six basic elements[1] covering the various aspects of rhythm. Most classical works and many modern works are written in these metres.
Tolkappiyam represents the older tradition in Tamil prosody while yapparungalam and yapparungalakkarigai represent the later tradition. The prosodic structure of literary works from the Sangam era has to be analysed according to the Tolkappiyam. The rules given in Yapparungalakkarigai are used in the scansion of later works.
Tamilprosody defines several metres in six basic elements covering the various aspects of rhythm. Most classical works and many modern works are written...
15919 standard. Tamil (தமிழ், Tamiḻ, pronounced [t̪amiɻ] ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official...
particularly after sutra 315 – state the prosody rules, enumerating the 34 component parts of ancient Tamil poetry. The prosody of an example early Sangam poem...
whereas the sound itself still exists and plays an important role in Tamilprosody. The forms of some of the letters were simplified in the 19th century...
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