literature on commentarial style

Palaniappa Palaniappa at AOL.COM
Tue May 19 06:00:14 UTC 1998


In a message dated 98-05-19 00:24:01 EDT, adrian.burton at ANU.EDU.AU writes:

<<
 Can anyone direct me to *any* discussion of the traditional style used by
 commentators ( i.e., the literary style employed by the writers of
 bhaashya, Tiikaa, TippaNii etc.). >>

If you are interested in a discussion of the commentatorial prose style in
Tamil, Kamil Zvelebil has a major chapter on it in The Smile of Murugan.

Regards
S. Palaniappan





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