Talk:Silappatikaram

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The article mistakenly said that the leading syllable in Cilappatikaram is pronounced as in "chat", but this is not true. It is in fact pronounced like 's' in 'save'. This mistake might be because in Tamil, the letters for 'ch' and 's' are the same

Anonymous, the word was probably pronounced as ch during its time. The Tolkappiyam doesn't specify a sibilant "s", so the use of the alphabet "ch" to represent the sound "s" is probably more modern than that. Regardless, I think both are recognizable pronunciations. Kingsleyj 07:29, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Cleanup 2 Related article 3 Silapadikaram or Cilappatikaram 4 Misleading intro sentence 5 WikiProject Dravidian civilizations

[edit] Cleanup

I've tried to reorganize the article in a more readable fashion, giving more importance to the story itself. Any feedback is appreciated.Kingsleyj 07:29, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Good edits.

Ilango Adikal's ancestry is not confirmed by any contemporary sources. As the work itself is dated to belong to the sixth century CE, the legend that he was the brother of Chera Senguttuvan is just that - a legend. - cheers Parthi 09:10, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Related article

• http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/16/stories/2006061603461100.htm

[edit] Silapadikaram or Cilappatikaram

I think the spelling should be Silapadikaram as it is most used in the standard books like Nilkantha Sastry's "A History of South India".-Bharatveer 10:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree Praveen 17:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I did the redirect. If somebody has objection, please feel free to revert. Thanks

Praveen 17:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misleading intro sentence

I think the following sentence is misleading: " The poet prince Ilango Adigal, a Jain monk, is credited with this work, although no direct evidence to the identity of its author has been found so far.[2]" It gives an impression that the author for Silappatikaram is not reliably known. The citation only says that there's no proof for Ilangovadigal being the brother of Cheran Senguttuvan. It doesn't raise any doubt that he was the author of Silappadikaram. I think we need to reword this part. Lotlil 03:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Dravidian civilizations

Wiki Raja (talk) 23:48, 9 December 2007 (UTC)