Fourth
International Conference
Seminar of Tamil Studies
January 1974 - Jaffna,Tamil Eelam
Delegates and the
Titles of Their Presentations (compiled
by Sachi Sri Kantha. Source: Fourth International Conference Seminar
of Tamil Studies, Jaffna, Sri Lanka/ January 1974, edited by
Dr.Kopalapillai Mahadeva, IATR Sri Lanka National Unit, Colombo, vol.1,
1977, 370pp.
Presentations in English
S.Ambikaipakan:
Some landmarks in the history of Tamil literature of Ceylon
G.Aroul:
Acrobatics of the word � Studies in multidimensional poetry of Pulavar Gaffoor
Sahib vis-�-vis the Calligrams of Guillaume Appellinaire
Mankaladevi Arulnandhy:
A contrastive study of the phonemic system of English with that of Tamil,
analysing the difficulties encountered by the Tamil child in the learning of
English pronunciation
Ponnuthurai Balasundarampillai:
The markets and fairs of Northern Ceylon
V.R.Balasubrahmanyam:
Teaching of Tamil to Hindi-speaking adults � some special aspects
Bertram Emil Bastiampillai:
The Indian Tamils of the plantation areas � some explanations for their survival
as a distinct entity in Ceylon society
Brenda Beck:
The nature/culture opposition � Does it exist in Tamil folklore?
Kasiviswanathan Chellappan:
The Greek element in Cilappathikaram
J.H.Renato De Sa:
The college of St.Paul of Goa and the counter reformation in the island of
Ceylon
Lorna Srimathie Dewaraja:
Matrimonial alliances between Tamilnad and
the Sinhalese royal family in the Eighteenth century and the establishment of a
Madurai dynasty in Kandy
Carl Gustav Diehl:
Can historical references explain the significance of the Aiyappan cult?
Ranee Eliezer: The mango � emissary of Tamil
culture
W.S.Marcus Fernando:
A unique statuette of the boy Krishna
Klaus Ludwig Janert:
Syntactical problems in modern Tamil
Noboru Karashima:
Nayaks as the lease-holders of the temple land
K.Karunakaran: Social stratification and
standardisation of Tamil dialects
Carl A.Keller: Mysticism and society in
Periyapuraanam
Bruce W.Kieler: Functional changes in
agraharams within the zone of urban influence of Nagarkoil, South India
Laurence Saadia Leshnik:
Pastoral nomadism in the history of South India
David Wayne McAlpine:
Elamite and Dravidian � the morphological evidence
Sinnathamby Kandiah Maheswaran:
Is there a nucleus for a system of classical music in Sri Lanka?
Istvan Major: Tamil elements in the
orthography of a South Indian Sanskrit manuscript
John Ralston Marr:
The SOAS/VSO language laboratory course, Tamil
K.E.Mathiaparanam:
What Thiruvaacakam means to a Christian?
Rao Sahib Murugesa Mudaliyar:
A critique of nhatcinntanhai of Yokar Cuvamikal (Thought and style of a modern
Tamil saint)
Vythialingam MuttuCumaraswamy:
Glimpses of the social history of Jaffna under the British rule
Navaliyur Somasundaram Nadarasa:
The Saiva Siddhanta � a textual analysis of the 12 sutras of Meykandar
Chelliah Nagalingam:
Budumuttava Tamil inscriptions, No.11
Deva Natarajan: Endowments in Tamil Nadu
Hugh Francis Owen:
The Tamil and Telugu regions, and Gandhi, 1918-1922
R.Panneerselvam: Stratification of the family
system as gleaned from the song story of Cinnannan Cinnaccaami
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
The kingdom of Jaffna � administrative organisation
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
Cola rule in Ceylon
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
Coins of the kings of Jaffna
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
A note on the Sanskrit inscriptions from Padaviya
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
The Vanniyar in medieval South India
D.N.Punyasiri Perera:
The vegetation and soils of the Northern province of Sri Lanka and their
agricultural possibilities
V.Perumal: Some aspects of ancient Tamil society
P.Poologasingham:
Contribution of Ceylonese to the development of Tamil in the Nineteenth century
Rev.S.Rajamanickam:
Robert de Nobili on certain Indian customs
A.K.Ramanujan: Indian Oedipus � with special
reference to Dravidian myth and folktales
James Thevathasan Rutnam:
The Polonnaruwa Colossus
Vijaya Kumara Samaraweera:
Indian Tamil immigrant labour in Ceylon and the land problem � The case of the
land development ordinance of 1935
Arunasalam Sanmugadas:
Aspects of the Tamil spoken in Sri Lanka
Harold F.Schiffman:
Complex negation in Tamil � semantic and syntactic aspects
Somasundaram Selvanayagam:
Land use in the ancient Tamil country � a case study of the marutham landscape
Ravinder Kumar Seth:
Doctrine of karma � Thiruvalluvar�s �uuzh�
Kartigesu Nagalingapillai Velautha Seyon:
Coins of the kings of Jaffna
M.Shanmugampillai:
Pronominal usage in kurunthokai
John Rasasingham Sinnathamby:
The Pandyas
John Rasasingham Sinnathamby:
Place names in international atlases � an etymological study
Vaitiyalingampillai Kartigesapillai Sivaprakasam:
Viira Saivites and Tamil literary development in the post-Basava period
Vinayakamoorthy Sivasamy:
Some aspects of the historical traditions of India with special reference to
Tamil Nadu
Vinayakamoorthy Sivasamy:
A note on the conquista spiritual de Orienta and the History of Jaffna
N.Subbu Reddiar: �God Soul relationship within�
Nalayiram
N.Subbu Reddiar: Thiruvalluvar�s philosophy of
education
Swaminathan Suseendirarajah:
Sri Lankan Tamil and Indian Tamil � noun systems contrasted
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
Tamil plakkat relating to inheritance and gift tax under the Dutch rule in
Ceylon
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
The Telugu gypsies of Sri Lanka � a socio-cultural study
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
Tap and trill articulations in Ceylon Tamil
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
An experimental study of free variation
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
The duration of intervocalic stops in Ceylon Tamil � an experimental study
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
Intervocalic doubt consonant articulations in Ceylon Tamil
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
A palatographic study of lengthening
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham:
The plosives after nasals in Jaffna Tamil, a kymographic study
Sinnathamby Thillainathan:
Recent trends in Ceylon Tamil literature
Velauthar Kopalapillai Thillainayagam:
Tamil typewriter
Soosaipillai Thomanupillai:Mathoottam
and Kattukkaraikkulam (Giant�s Tank)
Mohamed Mahmood Uwise:
The spoken Tamil of Muslims of Sri Lanka
Alvapillai Veluppillai:
Inscriptional Tamil � as a source for the history of Tamil language
Theol Joseph Anton Wicki:
The treatise on Hinduism of Fr.Goncale Fernandes S.J. Madurai, 1616
A.Fryholm Yngve: Kannappa Nayanar � a rough
diamond among saints of Tamil Nadu
Presentations in Tamil
V.M.V.Rajappan Ashok Kumar:
Arignar Mu.Varadarasanin naavalkaLLai parriyathoru thiranaivu
M.P.Balasubramanian:
Bharatiyar kavithaikalil Thiruvalluvarin selvaaku
Eliyathamby Balasundaram:
Pandaiya kuravai koothum Maddakalappu kulavai poduthalum
Elias Catherine Soosaipillai (Eraipugalvaali):
Thamil ennmuthaiyil thalaiyaaya thiruppam
Viswalingam Kanapathipillai Ganesalingam:
Poochikalai kaddupaduthuvathu Thamilar panpaadukku murannpaadaanathaa?
Era Ganesan: Thamil sorrthodariyal muraiyil
kanakkiyar kuriyeedukal
Vairamuthu Govindapillai:
Thamil thattezhutthiyanthiramum Thamil nedunkanakkil ezhuthu seeramaippum
S.Kalaparameswaran:
Thamilarin ilakkiyath thiranaaivu murai � sila arimuka kurippu
Thambu Kanagaratnam:
Sinhala-Pali mozhikalil Thamil neethi ilakkiyam
Maniccavasagar Kanagasabapathy Kanagendran
(Eelaventhan):
Thiruvempaavaiyum Thiruppaavaiyum
Mrs.K.Mahalingam (Saalini Ilanthiraian):
Thamilth than varalaarukalin ilakkiya thakuthippaadu
V.R.Mahalingam (Saalai Ilanthiraian): Thamil kavithaiyil Maha Kaviyin
saathanai
C.Nainar Mohamed:
Arabuth Thamil
Vijayalaxumy Muththukkumaru:
Seevaka Sinthamaniyin kaalam � Thamil, Samaskrutha, Kannada, Prakrutha
noolkaludan oor oppeeddu nokku
D.D.Nanayakkara: Sinhala-Thamil orrumai
Kanapathipillai Navasothy:
Thotta tholilalar varalaaru koorum malaiyakath thani paadalkal
Kanapathipillai Navasothy:
Ilankai pechchuth Thamilin oli maarankalum sirappu vazhakkukalum
Kanapathipillai Navasothy:
Ilankai Inthiya kalai sollaaka muraikalum adippadai verupaadukalum
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
Velaikkaara padaikal
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan:
Eelathuk kaasukal � Pandiyarin nanayankal
K.Ramasamy: Ulagamum udampum uiyum vazhiyum
Pulavar S.Rasu: Nadukal vazhipaadu
Karthigesu Ponnambalam Ratnam:
Thirukkural mozhipeyarppukal
V.Sambunathan: Sittha maruthuva sirappu
Somasundram Sandrasegaram:
Ilankaiyil pothanaa mozhimaaram � athan pinnani parriya aaivu
Mailvaganam Satkunam:
Idappeyar varalaaru � Mattakalappu maavaddam
Kumarasamy Selvachandran:
Thamilil sadda mozhipeyarppiluLLa sikkalkal
Kumarasamy Selvachandran:
Mozhipeyarppum thani Thamil sorkkaLum
Karthigesu Nagalingapillai Velauta Seyon:
Eelathu kaasukal � Pandiyarin nanayankal
Kodumudi Shanmugam:
Iru mozhi thattachchu
K.Sittampalam: Makkalum vishamum
A.Sivanesaselvan:
Ilankai Thamil pathirikaikalin thorramum valarchiyum � sila kurippukal
Pulavar Nagalingam Sivapathasundaranar:
Aha thinaiyil nila muthar porul
Vinayakamoorthy Sivasamy:
Yaalpanaththu kaasukal
Aru Somasundaran:
Irupathaam nooraandil Thamil kavithai
Nagaraja Iyer Subramaniam:
Eelathu Thamil naavalkal
T.S.Sundareswaran (Ezhil Erai):
Bharathi Dasan ulagam
Sinnathamby Thillainathan:
Thamil aaka ilakkiya vaLarchiyil Ilankaiyin panku
M.Vasuki: VaLLalaar koLLkaiyin adippadai
samayamaa? samuthaayamaa?
Pandit Kanthar Veerakathy:
Aaitham oru muthalezhuthu maahum
Kalaiyarasi Venthanar:
Eelathu PaLLu pirapanthankal
Authors of Research Papers and their Country Affiliations
G.Aroul (India)
Mankaladevi Arulnandhy (Sri Lanka)
Rajappan Ashok Kumar (Sri Lanka)
M.P.Balasubramanian (India)
E.Balasundaram (Sri Lanka)
P.Balasundarampillai (Sri Lanka)
V.R.Balasubrahmanyam (India)
B.E.Bastiampillai (Sri Lanka)
Brenda Beck (Canada)
Kasiviswanathan Chellappan (India)
J.H.Renato De Sa (India)
Lorna Srimathi Dewaraja (Sri Lanka)
Carl Gustav Diehl (Sweden)
Elias Catherine Soosaipillai [Eraipugalvaali] (Sri Lanka)
Ranee Eliezer (Australia)
W.S.Marcus Fernando (Sri Lanka)
V.K.Ganesalingam (Sri Lanka)
Era Ganesan (India)
Vairamuttu Govindapillai (Sri Lanka)
Klaus Ludwig Janert (West Germany)
S.Kalaparameswaran (Sri Lanka)
Thambu Kanagaratnam (Sri Lanka)
Maniccavasagar Kanagasabapathy Kanagendran (Sri Lanka)
Noboru Karashima (Japan)
K.Karunakaran (UK)
Carl A.Keller (Switzerland)
Bruce W.Kieler (USA)
Laurence Saadia Leshnik (West Germany)
David Wayne McAlpine (USA)
S.K.Maheswaran (Sri Lanka)
Mrs.K.Mahalingam [Saalini Ilanthiraian] (India)
V.R.Mahalingam [Saalai Ilanthiraian] (India)
Istvan Major (Hungary)
John Ralston Marr (UK)
K.E.Mathiaparanam (Sri Lanka)
C.Nainar Mohamed (India)
Murugesa Mudaliyar (India)
Vythilingam MuttuCumaraswamy (UK)
Vijayalaxumy Muththukkumaru (Sri Lanka)
Navaliyur S.Nadarasan (Sri Lanka)
Chelliah Nagalingam (Sri Lanka)
D.D.Nanayakkara (Sri Lanka)
Deva Natarajan (India)
Kanapathipillai Navasothy (Sri Lanka)
Hugh Francis Owen (Australia)
R.Panneerselvam (India)
Sivasubramaniyam Pathmanathan (Sri Lanka)
D.N.Punyasiri Perera (Sri Lanka)
V.Perumal (India)
P.Poologasingham (Sri Lanka)
Rev.S.Rajamanickam (India)
A.K.Ramanujan (USA)
K.Ramaswamy (Sri Lanka)
Pulavar S.Rasu (India)
Pundit Kartigesu Ponnambalam Ratnam (Sri Lanka)
James Thevathasan Rutnam (Sri Lanka)
VijayaKumara Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
V.Sambunathan (Sri Lanka)
Somasundram Sandrasegaram (Sri Lanka)
Arunasalam Sanmugadas (Sri Lanka)
Mailvaganam Satkunam (Sri Lanka)
Harold F.Schiffman (USA)
Kumarasamy Selvachandran (Sri Lanka)
Somasundaram Selvanayagam (Sri Lanka)
Ravinder Kumar Seth (India)
Kartigesu Nagalingapillai Seyon (Sri Lanka)
M.Shanmugampillai (India)
Kodumudi Shanmugam (India)
John Rasasingham Sinnathamby (Sri Lanka)
K.Sittampalam (Sri Lanka)
A.Sivanesaselvan (Sri Lanka)
N.Sivapathasundaranar (Sri Lanka)
V.K.Sivaprakasam (Sri Lanka)
Vinayakamoorthy Sivasamy (Sri Lanka)
Aru Somasundaran (India)
Nagaraja Iyer Subramaniam (Sri Lanka)
N.Subbu Reddiar (India)
T.S.Sundareswaran [Ezhil Erai] (Sri Lanka)
Swaminathan Suseendirarajah (Sri Lanka)
Sabaratnasingham Thananjayarajasingham (Sri Lanka)
Sinnathamby Thillainathan (Sri Lanka)
Velauthar Kopalapillai Thillainayagam (UK)
Soosaipillai Thommanupillai (Sri Lanka)
Mohamed Mahmood Uwise (Sri Lanka)
M.Vasuki (India)
Pundit Kanthar Veerakathy (Sri Lanka)
Alvapillai Velupillai (Sri Lanka)
Kalaiyarasi Venthanar (Sri Lanka)
Theol Joseph Anton Wicki (Italy)
A.Fryholm Yngve (Sweden)
Jean Filliozat (France)
Franciscus Bernadus Jacobus Kuiper
(Holland)
Rev.Xavier S.Thani Nayagam (Sri Lanka)
Suppiramaniam Vithiananthan (Sri Lanka) |
