INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tolkappiyam is the most ancient extant Tamil grammar text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil literature . It is a comprehensive text on grammar, and includes sutras on orthography, phonology, etymology, morphology, semantics, prosody, sentence structure and the significance of context in language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tolkappiyam is a work on ancient Tamil literature. Hint:Tolkappiyam is concerned with orthography, semantics, prosody, phonology, morphology, and the subject matter of literary works.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Grammatical literature pioneered by “Tholkappiyam” is Nannool, was written by a) Tholkapiyar b) Banvanathi munivar c) Thiruvalluvar d) Aavaiyar Explanation The Grammatical literature pioneered by “Tholkappiyam” is Nannol which was written by Bavanathi munivar.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tolkappiyam, a unique work on grammar and poetics, in its three parts of nine sections each, deals with Ezhuttu(letter), Col (word) and Porul (subject matter).

Detailed explanation-5: -The rediscovered Sangam classical collection is largely a bardic corpus. It comprises an Urtext of oldest surviving Tamil grammar (Tolkappiyam), the Ettuttokai anthology (the “Eight Collections"), the Pattuppattu anthology (the “Ten Songs").