Tolkappiyam
tolkāppiyamThe oldest extant Tamil grammar and treatise on poetics, the foundation of classical Tamil literary culture.
Where this term appears
- The Tamil Stream: Sangam, Bhakti, and the Temple South History
…guage, written in a Tamil that already possessed its own grammar, the Tolkappiyam , and its own poetic science.
- Is Sanskrit the mother of all languages? Journal
Which brings the argument to its sharpest test, from the other side. The Tolkappiyam is the oldest surviving Tamil grammar.