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Linguistic and Textual Aspects of Multilingualism in South India and Sri Lanka

Author Edited by Giovanni Ciotti and Erin McCann
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2021
Pages xiii, 817 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚147; NETamil Series n˚8
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-238-5 (IFP); 978-2-85539-242-4 (EFEO)
Price 2000.00 INR (64.00 EUR)

The Peruṅkuṟiñci (Kuṟiñcippāṭṭu). A critical edition of the text, with the commentary of Nacciṉārkkiṉiyar

Author T. Rajeswari
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2020
Pages clxxxii, 364 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚142; NETamil Series n˚6
Language Tamil (with an introduction in English)
ISBN 978-81-8470-233-0 (IFP); 978-2-85539-237-0 (EFEO)
Price 1000.00 INR (34.00 EUR)

The Three Early Tiruvantātis of the Tivyappirapantam

Author Annotated Translation and Glossary by Eva Wilden with the collaboration of Marcus Schmücker
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2020
Pages xiii, 556 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 143 ; NETamil Series n˚ 7
Language Tamil, English
ISBN ISBN: 978-2-85539-238-7 (EFEO) / 978-81-8470-234-7 (IFP)
Price 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR)

The Commentary Idioms of the Tamil Learned Traditions

Author Edited by Suganya Anandakichenin and Victor D’Avella
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2020
Pages iv, 603 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 141 ; NETamil Series n˚ 5
Language English, Tamil
ISBN ISBN: 978-81-8470-232-3 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-236-3 (EFEO).
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār’s Five Shorter Works: Experiments in Literature

Author annotated translation with glossaries Lynn Ate
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2019
Pages ix, 433 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 140 ; NETamil Series n˚ 4
Language English, Tamil
ISBN 978-81-8470-231-6 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-235-6 (EFEO)
Price 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR)

A Grammar of Old Tamil for Students

Author Eva Wilden
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2018
Pages 226 p. + 2 folded sheets
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 137; NETamil Series n˚3
Language English, Tamil
ISBN 978-81-8470-227-9 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-232-5 (EFEO)
Price 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR)

A Critical Edition and an Annotated Translation of the Akanāṉūṟu (Part 1 - Kaḷiṟṟiyāṉainirai). அகநானூறு என்னும் நெடுந்தொகை நானூறு முதற்பகுதி - களிற்றியானைநிரை (1 – 120) [ 3 vols]

Author Eva Wilden
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2018
Pages i-cxlix + 1-787; 1-470 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 134 ; NETamil Series 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; Critical Texts of Caṅkam Literature – 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Language Tamil, English
ISBN 978-81-8470-219-4 (IFP) / 978 2 85539 2257 (EFEO)
Price 3000.00 INR (130.00 EUR)

My Sapphire-hued Lord, my Beloved! A complete, annotated translation of Kulacēkara Āḻvār’s Perumāḷ Tirumoḻi and of its medieval Maṇipravāḷa commentary by Periyavāccāṉ Piḷḷai, with an introduction

Author Suganya Anandakichenin
Publisher Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient / Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2018
Pages xi, 604 p.
Series Collection Indologie n˚ 136 ; NETamil Series n˚ 2
Language English, Tamil
ISBN 978-81-8470-225-5 (IFP) / 978-2-85539-226-4 (EFEO)
Price 1500.00 INR (65.00 EUR)

The Study of Stolen Love. Iṟaiyaṉār Kaḷaviyal. [rev. ed]

Author With Commentary by Nakkīraṉār. Translated from Tamil by David C. Buck and K. Paramasivam
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2017
Pages xxxv, 347 p.
Series Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 9
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-216-3
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

Gôpalla Grâmam ou le village de Gôpallam (édition bilingue tamoul-français / Tamil-French bilingual edition)

Author Récit traduit du tamoul et présenté par Elisabeth Sethupathy
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2017
Pages 267 p.
Series Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 10
Language Tamil, French
ISBN 978-81-8470-217-0
Price 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR)

The Four Hundred Songs of Love. An Anthology of Poems from Classical Tamil. The Akanāṉūṟu.

Author Translated and annotated by George L. Hart
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2015
Pages xx, 485 p.
Series Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 7
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-213-2
Price 1000.00 INR (43.00 EUR)

Vâdivâçal : des taureaux et des hommes en pays tamoul

Author Récit traduit du tamoul et présenté par François Gros
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2014
Pages viii, 113 p.
Series Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives n˚ 3
Language French
ISBN 978-81-8470-202-6
Price 450.00 INR (21.00 EUR)

Le vagabond et son ombre : G. Nagarajan : romans et récits tamouls.

Author Présentés et traduits par François Gros avec le concours d’Élisabeth Séthupathy ; English Introduction by Kannan M.
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2013
Pages 267 p.
Series Regards sur l’Asie du Sud / South Asian Perspectives no 2
Language French, English
ISBN 978-81-8470-197-5
Price 650.00 INR (28.00 EUR)

Bilingual Discourse and Cross-Cultural Fertilisation: Sanskrit and Tamil in Medieval India.

Author Edited by Whitney Cox and Vincenzo Vergiani
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2013
Pages x, 466 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°121
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-194-4
Price 900.00 INR (38.00 EUR)

Bibliotheca Malabarica: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg’s Tamil Library

Author An annotated edition and translation by Will Sweetman with R. Ilakkuvan
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2012
Pages 153 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°119
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-192-0
Price 350.00 INR (17.00 EUR)

Tamil Dalit Literature: My Own Experience

Author Edited and translated by David C. Buck, Kannan M.
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / North Central Education Foundation, A Project of The Peden Fund
Year 2011
Pages xxxviii, 158 p.
Series Steles : Jean Filliozat series in South Asian Culture and History n°2
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-186-9
Price 450.00 INR (21.00 EUR)

Deep Rivers: Selected Writings on Tamil Literature.

Author François Gros. Translated from French by M. P. Boseman. Edited by Kannan M., Jennifer Clare
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Tamil Chair, DSSEAS, Univ. of California (Berkeley)
Year 2009
Pages xxxviii, 520 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°10
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-172-2
Price 800.00 INR (35.00 EUR)

Passages: Relationships Between Tamil And Sanskrit.

Author Edited by Kannan.M., Jennifer Clare
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Tamil Chair, DSSEAS, Univ. of California (Berkeley)
Year 2009
Pages 423 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°11
Language English
ISBN 978-81-8470-176-0
Price 700.00 INR (30.00 EUR)

Between Preservation and Recreation. Tamil Traditions of Commentary. Proceedings of a Workshop in Honour of T.V. Gopal Iyer.

Author Edited by Eva Wilden
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry / Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient
Year 2009
Pages xiv, 320 p.
Series Collection Indologie n°109
Language Tamil, English
ISBN 978-81-8470-173-9
Price 600.00 INR (26.00 EUR)

Streams of Language. Dialects in Tamil.

Author Edited by Kannan M.
Publisher Institut Français de Pondichéry
Year 2008
Pages xxii, 335 p.
Series IFP - Publications Hors série n°6
Language Tamil, English, French.
ISBN 978-81-8470-161-6
Price 500.00 INR (23.00 EUR)