Talk by Dr Sivakumar, University Science Malaysia, Penang.
A deeper understanding of Tholkapiyam, the oldest known Tamil texts, is being brought out, probably for the first time in human history. Tholkapiyam is generally understood as a grammar book for linguistics, particularly for the Tamil language.
For the first time, Dr Sivakumar, a brilliant scholar from University Science Malaysia, brings out the deeper meaning of Tholkapiyam. He explains that Tholkapiyam does not just talk about the grammar of language but also the grammar of 'uyir', the soul.
The surface structure of Tholkapiyam talks about the grammar of language, but the deep structure talks about the grammar for the soul. And Tholkapiyar also gives a method to measure if a person is on the right path.
These are the types of knowledge that we don't find in any other language.
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