Nālaṭiyār

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE15429

Type

Manuscrit

Language

Tamil

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_003111

Manuscript No.

RE15429l

Title Alternate Script

நாலடியார்

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

3

Folio Range of Text

74b - 76b

Folios in Bundle

131

Width

3.5 cm

Length

25.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE15429

Previous Place

Sankaranayinarkoil

Miscellaneous Notes

This is a text in Tamil dealing with the principles of ethical and moral life. It contains 400 verses, each having four lines. Its authorship is not known. The text under notice has only 23 stanzas, selected at random from the work nālaṭiyār

Manuscript Beginning

āṉaiyeruttam poliya kuṭainiḻaṟkīḻeecceṉaittalaivarāyccenṟoorum meṉai viṉaiyulaippa veeṟāki vīḻvar tāṅkoṇṭa maṉaiyāLai māṟṟār kol॥1॥

Manuscript Ending

kumpiṭappeṟṟu civaṉarulākuṅkūṟṟaṟumoorampupaṭappaṭumavanumaṟukaṉātimaraitamapaṭakkālarucamaiyarucamayameṉum nampumeeṟkkālamumuṇāmai nalamumite।23॥

Bibliography

Printed : with English translation by G.U.Pope, Oxford 1893 with French translation by Gnanou Diagou, Pondicherry 1946 and TSM Series 59, 1953

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

276.12

Key

manuscripts_003111

Reuse

License

Cite as

Nālaṭiyār, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 13th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/380260