The History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization Vol.Vi, Part 5:-The Life-World of the Tamils: Past and Present-1

includes index and biblioraphy

SECTION ONE THE LIFE-WORLD OF THE ANCIENT TAMILS The Vedic Traditions in the Sangam Age T. V. Gopala lyer Socio-religious Ideas of the Tolkappiyam RM. Sundaram Religious Thoughts of the Sangam Classics A. Pandurangan The Sangam Classics on Kingship and Society A. Pandurangan From Language to the Life-world: Perspectives of the Tolkappiyam V.Rathinasabapathy Women in the Sangam Age Prema Nandakumar The Didactic Poems of the Post-Sangam Tamil Classics P.S. Somasundaram SECTION TWO THE EPICS: THE STORYING OF OUR LIVES The Socio-cultural and Philosophical Dimensions in the Silappadhikaram Ravindranathan Normative Patterns, Narrative Transformations: The Silappadhikaram Experience Prema Nandakumar Socio-philosophical Perspectives in the Manimekalai S.N. Kandaswamy Jainism in the Silappadhikaram and the Peruhgadai V. Asokkumaran Buddhism in Tamil Nadu S.N. Kandaswamy SECTION THREE PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND MYSTICISM IN THE POST-SANGAM PERIOD Understanding the Tradition of the Tirumurais V. Rathinasabapathy The Hagiology of the Periya-puranam R. Gopalakrishnan Spiritualscape of the Saiva Mystic-saints R. Balasubramanian The Srlvaisnava Agamas and the Indigenous Tradition of South India K.K.A. Venkatachari Philosophy, Religion, and Mysticism of the Alvars R. Balasubramanian and V.K.S.N. Raghavan The Puranas in Tamil Prema Nandakumar The Transregional Contributions of the Tamil Siddhas T. N. Ganapathy SECTION FOUR Village Administration in the Ancient and Medieval Periods in Tamil Nadu- K. V. Raman and Chithra Madhavan Centres of Learning During Ancient and Medieval Periods in Tamil Nadu-Chithra Madhavan Administrative, Economic, and Social Dimensions of the Early Tamils (Based on Sanskrit Inscriptions) Chithra Madhavan Trade, Commerce, and Crafts of the Early Medieval Tamils (End of the 12th century A.D.) P. Shanmugam The Tirukkural: The Cultural Paradigm and Critique of the Life-world of the Tamils Panneerselvam SECTION FIVE TRADITIONAL BUILDING ARCHITECTURE Sthapatya Veda and Traditional Building Architecture V. Ganapati Sthapati