KALANJIYAM International Journal of Tamil Studies
Researchers are often asked to show that the journal they published in is genuine. This guide shows five checks that anyone can carry out in a few minutes, using KALANJIYAM – International Journal of Tamil Studies as the worked example. The same checks work for any journal. 1. Check the ISSN at the ISSN Portal…
In brief: the Alvars (ஆழ்வார்கள்) are the twelve Tamil poet-saints devoted to Vishnu, whose hymns – about four thousand verses – were later compiled as the Nālāyira Divya Prabandham (நாலாயிரத் திவ்வியப் பிரபந்தம்). This essay looks at the devotional states expressed in their poems. # Tamil English 1 பொய்கையாழ்வார் Poigai Alvar 2 பூதத்தாழ்வார் Bhoothathalvar 3 பேயாழ்வார்…
A list of Tamil-language radio and web-radio stations from India, Sri Lanka and the diaspora, kept as a resource for listeners and for researchers working on Tamil media. Stations change their web addresses often; if a link no longer works, please let us know at editorial.kalanjiyam@ngmc.org. Tamil Radio/ TV Nila Fm Oli Oru Radio Raaga…
Looking for a Tamil–English or English–Tamil dictionary online? This page lists free dictionaries that Tamil students and researchers use, with a note on what each is best for. All of them are independent websites, not run by this journal; links open the external site. Tamil Changathi (தமிழ் சங்கதி) A popular free English–Tamil and Tamil–English dictionary,…
Project Madurai is an open, voluntary initiative, launched in 1998, that publishes free electronic texts of Tamil literature on the internet, in Unicode and as PDF. The project is led by Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram. Its official website is projectmadurai.org. The table below lists the works with their Project Madurai number, title, author and genre, with…
This search engine, hosted at suvadi.cict.in, lets you find the page of a digitised palm-leaf manuscript (சுவடி) that carries a given verse of a classical Tamil text. You can search by verse or sūtra number, or by any word in the verse – see the search hints below. Citing a manuscript: give the holding institution,…