Tamil literature at least from the days of Tolkaappiyam (if not even earlier) is basically Hermeneutic Scientific that was in Tamil even in the days of Tolkaappiyar’s Nuun NeRi , the way of texts where every object of study is taken as a TEXT with a duality of structure the Surface Structure and Deep Structure.
In such investigations there is a LOGIC that is called EraNaviyal in Tamil and which is not the same as Naiyayika of the Brahmins, Buddhists and perhaps also the Jains.
The EraNviyal of the Tamils is TRUTH seeking and recognizes no piramaNas as measures of truths. The Naiyaiyka notion of Brahma karaNam piramaaNam does not hold in the Hermeneutic Logic of the Tamils.
Truths require no piramaNas ( hence no Vedas, Agamas and so forth) for it establishes itself from within itself.
It is like a burning lamp- it establishes its presence from within itself, does not require another lighted lamp to reveal its presence.
Dr Loganathan Krishnan @ Ullaganar
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