SV: SV: Sanskrit translations in Nazi hands

[Paul Kekai Manansala]

N. Ganesan wrote:
>
> <<<
> Well this would be the first time then that I have heard that Tamils
> had anything similar to a classification approaching the
>  Arya-Dravidian division.  However, I wonder it the term "arya"
>  here is not referring to meter rather than language.
> >>>
>
>  Tamil meters are akaval, veNpA, viruttam, tAzicai, cintu, kalittuRai
>  and so on. The arya in Appar quotes (2 were provided) does
>  not refer to any meter/metrics (Tevaram is not a grammar, you see)
>
>  Tamil literature does not know of any Arya meter.

Not even of Arya meter used with Sanskrit?

>
>  Aryan in Tamil denotes IA speakers.
>

Do you come to this conclusion based on the two quotes thus far
presented?

What I mean, are there any Tamil linguistic works that clearly classify
IA (not just Sanskrit) as opposed to non-IA languages in India?

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
>  N. Ganesan
>
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