Devaneya Pavanar
Devaneya Pavanar (Tamil: .. . தேவநேய பாவாணர், Tēvanēya Pāvāṇar, Tevaneya Pavanar or Devaneya Pavanar or ஞா தேவநேயன், Na Tēvanēyaṉ, Na Tevaneyan or G. Devaneyan; born February 7, 1902 in Sankaranayinar Koil, Tamil Nadu, India, † 15 January 1981 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) was a Tamil writer and nationalist, who glorified his language, trying to promote.
Pavanar wrote more than 35 books. He initiated the " Etymological Dictionary Project" for Tamil ( Etymological Dictionary Project ). In his work, he represented the scientifically completely untenable view that the Tamil had hundreds of thousands of years ago developed as the oldest language of mankind on a now sunken continent " Kumari Kandam " and that all other human languages are descended from Tamil. He also believed that it was his divine mission to communicate this knowledge in the world. In addition, he wrote many songs and poems, including the VENPA collection. The title Senthamil Selvar was awarded to him in 1979 by the state of Tamil Nadu. He was also known as sun of the language ( மொழி ஞாயிறு, Moli Ñayiru ) refers.
Biography
Gnanamuthu Devaneyan Pavanar was born on 7 February 1902 in Sankaranayinar Koil, Tamil Nadu. His parents were Gnanamuthu and Paripuranam. He went into the C.M.J. High School, Palayankottai, SSLC (1916-1918), to school and was trained in Madras University as a teacher. Pavanar married in 1930 and had four sons and one daughter, who was the fourth child.
He worked from 1922 to 1944 at several high schools as a Tamil teacher. During this time he pursued autodidactic studies of Dravidian philology and comparative linguistics.
1944-1956 he served as Tamil teacher at the Municipal College, Salem. From 1956 to 1961 he was lecturer of Dravidian philology at the Annamalai University. He was a member of the Tamil Development and Research Council, which was introduced by the Nehru University in 1959. As such, he worked on Tamil books for school and college. From 1974 he was Director of Tamil Etymological Project ( a nationalistic colored pseudo-scientific attempt to reduce all world languages on the Tamil, which no consideration is given in the dravidologischen experts ) and was President of the International Tamil League in Tamil Nadu.
Receptions to Devaneya Pavanar
Pavanars theses are in clear contradiction with the findings of anthropological, historical and linguistic research and in scientific discourse accordingly neither reviewed nor referenced. It is found, however, in works again, the linguistic activism, national mysticism ( Ramaswamy 1997, 2004) and Indian nationalism ( Kaiwar et al. 2003) propagate. Esteem he enjoys especially among Tamil nationalists:
- The Tamil poet Bharatidasan designated Pavanar as the "King of all Tamils ".
- Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil: " Sattambi Swamigal 's Adhibhasa, which will attempt Tamil ( in the professional world ) to establish itself as the oldest language, even an impulse to Pavanars will offer discovery. "
- The literary works and books of Pavanar were by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the " golden anniversary of national independence" " nationalized " (2006). This means that the copyright of the works Pavanars now in the hands of the state of Tamil Nadu lies, his heirs were compensated financially.
- M. Tamil Kudimagan, ex-Minister of Tamil Development of the Government of Tamil Nadu, wrote in the introduction of the newly revised 2001 work The Primary Classical Language of the World: " We are supporters of Pavanar and we are all ideals of Pavanar in each follow imaginable way. "
Awards and Honors
- Various silver and copper plates Tamil nationalists
- In February 2006, a reminder stamp Devaneya Pavanars was released in Chennai.
Bibliography
- The Primary Classical Language of the World, Katpadi Estonians Sion, North Arcot Dt, Mukkudal ( Nesamani Publishing House), Paari Nilayam, Madras ( 1966), Reprint Chennai. G. Elavazhagan, 2001.
- The language of Tamil Nad & its problem- logical solution, Mani, Katpadi Extension, North Arcot Dt. 1967
- An Epitome of the Lemurian Language and its ramifications in 1980