This obituary commemorates Louis Dominic Swamikannu Pillai, a distinguished Indian mathematician, ephemeris compiler and public servant. It recounts his early life in Coimbatore, his education at St…
Tamil poets of the Sangam anthologies depict a society of warriors, merchants and bards long before the Pallavas and Cholas. Their poems describe bustling ports such as Musiri and Kāvirippūmpattinam…
The Bhasa Problem discusses uncertainties around the authorship of Kavi Vimarsa, a text cited in Jahnann’s Sikkhann. K. R. Pisharati references 5019 verses from Kavi Vimarsa, attributing it to…