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very closely the former, both in the matter and in the 

 arrangement, and is said to have been written by A'ndip- 

 pulavar, of Uttankal. 



For the following, the Tamils are indebted to European 

 writers :— 



1. Tonnul Vilakkam. 

 An exposition of the rules of Grammar, including Poetry, 

 written by the Rev. Father C. J. Beschi, otherwise called 

 Viramdmuni, or "The Great Champion Devotee." It is 

 divided into five chapters, comprising 829 chuttirams, each 

 of which has a series of examples from classical authorities 

 appended to it. The assembly of Tamil poets, to whose 

 criticism it was submitted by the author, duly appreciating 

 its merits, is said to have conferred on it the title of Teriit- 

 kuru, or " The Intellectual Monitor," and it is doubtless the 

 best work on Grammar now extant in the Tamil language. 



2. Grammatica Damulica : a Tamil Grammar, in Latin : 

 by the Rev. B. Zeigenbalg, Halle, 1716. 



3. A Grammar of the Common Dialect of the Tamil 

 Language, termed Kodun Tamil, in Latin : by the Rev, 

 Father C. J. Beschi, 1729. 



4. A Grammar of the High Dialect of the Tamil 

 Language, termed Chen Tamil, in Latin : by the Rev. Father 

 C. J. Beschi, 1730. 



5. A Grammar of the Tamil Language : Vepery, 1789. 



6. A translation of Beschi's Kodun Tamil Grammar 

 into English : by the Rev. G. H. Horst, Vepery, 1806. 



7. A translation of Beschi's Chen Tamil Grammar into 

 English : by B. G. Babington, Esq., Madras, 1822. 



8. A Tamil Grammar in English : by the Rev. R. Ander- 

 son, London, 1821. 



9. Another, similar : by the Rev. C. T. E. Rhenius, 

 Madras, 1836. 



10. An abridgment of the same : Madras, 1845, 



