Dear List members, 

For those of you interested in Old Tamil poetry, a pdf of “The Fifteen Meanings of pāṇṭil” is now available on my website (Hermantieken.com) under the heading of “Articles”. It is no. 9 of the mini series “Realia in Old Tamil Poetry”: 

"The Fifteen Meanings of Tamil pāṇṭil" (May 2023) 

"Red-brick Town Walls in Caṅkam Poetry" (April 2022) 

"Rendering the Lower-mid Front Vowel /ǣ/ in Old and Middle Tamil" (January 2022) 

"Ground Snakes and Chameleons in their Summer Garbs" (December 2021) 

"A Songster's Hairdo, a Waistcloth, and a Pregnant Lizard" (October 2021) 

"Ādiśeṣa and the Anchor Rope" (August 2012) 

"Mud in the Mouth: Akanāṉūṟu 101" (June 2021)  

"Of Bees, Dragonflies and Drones" (June 2021)  

"Murukaṉ in the molucca beans" (June 2021)  

With kind regards, 

Herman