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Scientific Thoughts Revealed in Old Tamil Literature
Get PDFScientific Thoughts Expressed by Old Tamil Literatures Synopsis Science is a scientific form of thought recorded in old Tamil literature. Thoughts can be seen as expressions of the life activities of the people of that time. Scientific ideas also merged with the ancient Tamils as they tended to adapt their lives to nature. They have lived with biological, astronomical, mathematical, medical, biological, chronological, craft, geological, etc. scientific disciplines. This study is aimed at identifying and documenting the reflections of such scientific ideas on how they have been studied in ancient Tamil literature. The dissertation is characterized by the fact that the dissertation has been used extensively in old Tamil literature, as well as old Tamil essays, magazines, and electronic commentaries. Based on these, the study concludes that Tamils have had the best scientific knowledge since the dawn of time. Therefore, this study also suggests that many more studies should be carried out by researchers focusing on the ancient Tamil literature. 
The uniqueness in the Principles of Christianity
Get PDFThe Bible, the holy book of Christians, consists of two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. In the Old Testament, wrongdoers bled to get rid of it by sacrificing sheep, cattle and birds. They thought that their sins were being relieved by the bleeding. During the New Testament, Jesus came to human beings and taught people the order of life and the way to seek God by living with man. He made people realize their crimes. He bled himself to death to get rid of it. Salvation is the relief from sin by Jesus’ blood. On the third day he rose alive and recorded his marvellous event in the history of the world. It is the belief of Christians in godliness that Jesus will come back to the world for the second time, judge people according to their actions and take those who live pure life according to their principles to heaven. The purpose of this study is to express these views
Karaikalammayar - A Study
Get PDFThe Nayanmars were fully dedicated to saivite doctrines and served godly. The theory of purity of the mind rather than the strength of the body is intertwined with the life of the holy woman, which causes the emergence of karaikalammayar article from time to time. In this respect, the article reviews karaikalammayar, the only female servant of the sixty-three, on the basis of the Saiva theory, in an amicable and critical perspective
Analysis of Theological principles in Sangam Literatures
Get PDFFrom the time of the birth of mankind to the present day, the thought of God has existed. The highest principle of human life is the devotional principle of love and worship of God. Just as food is needed to grow the body, godly thought is needed to perfect life. The process essays of man to reach God are called worship. Worship is the conversion of the individual into a social life and making him loving, gracious and disciplined. Greeting the deity and the belief that the deity will protect us; It is seen from the time of Tholkappiyar to the present day. The people of the Sangam age have lived with faith and devotion. They prayed to the gods to help them in the success of their efforts, to avoid harm, and to make life longer in this world and the hereafter. During the Sangam period, the faith in God did not take shape. God worship started as a natural worship in the early days and grew into an ancient cult and has evolved into religion today. During the Sangam period, there were five types of land systems namely Kurinji, Mullai, Marudham, Neytal and Palai. It is also known from ancient Tamil literature and the grammar of the people of the land that they worshipped their respective deities. Lord Muruga as the land god of Kurinji, Indra as the god of Maruthanila, Varuna as the land god of Neytal and The Land God of Palai can be seen through the Sangappas. In sangam literature, there are stories about the deities Shiva, Murugan, Thirumal, kotravai, Indra and Thirumagal and the methods of worshipping them
Thirumanthirathil paniyalarin Iraineri
Get PDFMany thousands of years ago, Thirumular had guided today's employees to subject themselves to a spirit of service so that he and society could live in excellence through the mantra sacraments of this temple. In this article, the merits of Thirumanthiram, the virtues and practices of yoga, the speciality of Attanga Yoga, the use of Pranayama, women's degradation, lovelessness, the superiority of education, neutrality, toddy, periyaaraith thunaikkotal, orality, morality, impermanence, state justice, and pride are mentioned in its principles and moral activities. It is no exaggeration to say that Thirumanthiram is a great guide for society to act wisely in today's fast-growing situation. Thirumanthiram is the arumandram where the country and we prosper and guide
Ecology of aquatic organisms in Ainkurunuru
Get PDFNo living organism can live on earth without water. Today, 70 percent of water is used for agriculture, 20 percent for industrial work and 10 percent for human consumption worldwide. Fish, crocodile, crab, shrimp etc. were found as aquatic organisms during the Sangam period. They describe the nature of the environment in the manner of food chain, spread, space protection, food collection and storage, and coexistence with the law of nature. In 500, news of aquatic organisms and their spreading into a food chain, compliance with the natural law, food conservation, human use methods and environmental contacts have been explored. This article shows that aquatic organisms lived without any pollution and without loss of life during the Sangam period
The Vedic truths in the Thiruppavai An analysis
Get PDFTiruppavai is the largest treasury for Tamil in Vaishnava bhakti literature. Tiruppavai is the hymn sings of the sleeping living entity to reach the Supreme Soul. It is said to explain the thought of God, the service to the Lord, the reaching of God, and the blessings of The Lord. This article illustrates that a devotional literature for women in world literature is Tiruppavai
A research study on Local Rituals of Eastern Sri Lanka that was appropriated according to Pandemic
Get PDFThis study deals with the annual ritual practices of Eastern Sri Lanka and how the ritual practices were determined, designed and redesigned time to time according to the natural disaster of Pandemics. The order of the existing local ritual practices are particularly designed and constructed in order to get rid from smallpox. Literature of local ritual practices are rich in information and instruction of the pandemic, smallpox. Oral traditions carries plenty of experiences and stories about the pandemic particularly during local ritual ceremonies. Period, atmosphere and behavior of people in ritual ceremony and the things utilized and consumed particularly the food habits exhibit the experiences of a pandemic they underwent and designed or redesigned the ritual ceremony to get rid from the catastrophe
Principles of Theological touch in Vallarars work - An analysis
Get PDFThe article is being carried out on the theocratic principle given by vallalar. In these, the morals of the philanthropists are explained to the people of today's society. It is not mankind that a man is born, lived, and then dies. It is only in human birth that there is a possibility of seeing and attaining God. That is why the philanthropist instructs us on some ethics. Love and compassion should be felt in all living beings. This article reveals that those who act with in their heart can truly reach God, who completely eliminates caste, religion and race differences, and who, when they suffer from hunger, who relieves them of suffering and who takes pity without killing any of them, can reach God by heart
The voice of women in the Malayalam Literatures
Get PDFThe word bursa means keeping your face open. Barda's opposite is that sabita, the central character of the novel, has opened her face. He has also opened his mind. It is learnt that Muslims question the rituals of their religion, which sabita denies saying that it is the highest of all, and that only those who belong to their minds can reach heaven. Moreover, christianity withdraws from the true and light redeemer of the spiritual violations committed in the name of religion, the atrocities that take place within monasteries, and the spiritual and light that prompted him to get out of life that he had been conducting for more than twenty-four years. Although both belong to a different religion, this article reveals that their theocratic principles are the same