03614nam 2200661 450 991081123000332120230803200342.03-11-035276-13-11-038779-410.1515/9783110352764(CKB)3360000000515217(EBL)1585388(SSID)ssj0001402437(PQKBManifestationID)11798713(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402437(PQKBWorkID)11357410(PQKB)10365848(MiAaPQ)EBC1585388(DE-B1597)329997(OCoLC)903957332(OCoLC)922639357(DE-B1597)9783110352764(Au-PeEL)EBL1585388(CaPaEBR)ebr11013871(CaONFJC)MIL807727(OCoLC)898769693(EXLCZ)99336000000051521720150209h20142014 uy 0gerur|nu---|u||utxtccrManuscript, print and memory relics of the Cankam in Tamilnadu /Eva WildenBerlin, [Germany] :Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG,2014.©20141 online resource (462 p.)Studies in Manuscript Cultures ;Volume 3Includes index.3-11-034089-5 Front matter --Preface --List of Abbreviations --Contents --I. Introduction --II. The Manuscripts --III. Transmissional History --III.1 The Invocation Stanzas (kaṭavuḷ vāḻttu) --III.2 Traditional Colophons --III.3 Mnemonic Stanzas --III.4 The Caṅkam Legends --III. 5 Reception in the Grammatical Tradition --III.6 Summary: The Rise and Fall of a Canon --IV The Editing Process --V Conclusion: The Restitution of a Canon --Literature --List of Acknowledgements for the Illustrations --IndexThe ancient Tamil poetic corpus of the Caṅam ("The Academy") is a national treasure for Tamilians and a battle-ground for linguists and historians of politics, culture and literature. Going back to oral predecessors probably dating back to the beginning of the first millennium, it has had an extremely rich and variegated history. Collected into anthologies and endowed with literary theories and voluminous commentaries, it became the centre-piece of the Tamil literary canon, associated with the royal court of the Pandya dynasty in Madurai. Its decline began in the late middle ages, and by the late 17th century it had fallen into near oblivion, before being rediscovered at the beginning of the print era. The present study traces the complex historical process of its transmission over some 2000 years, using and documenting a wide range of sources, in particular surviving manuscripts, the early prints, the commentaries of the literary and grammatical traditions and a vast range of later literature that creates a web of inter-textual references and "ations.Studies in manuscript cultures ;Volume 3.Sangam literatureHistory and criticismTamil literatureHistory and criticismIndian history of literature, indian poetry, oral tradition.Sangam literatureHistory and criticism.Tamil literatureHistory and criticism.894.8/1109AM 42800rvkWilden Eva766242MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811230003321Manuscript, print and memory1558647UNINA