Dravidian studies (also Dravidology, Dravidiology ) is the academic field devoted to the Dravidian languages , literature, and culture . It is a superset of Tamil studies and a subset of Indology .
4-456: Tamilology , a subset of the larger field of Dravidian studies , denotes study of the Tamil language , Tamil literature and the culture of the Tamil people The term denotes the process of examining the study and contributions of Tamil language , Tamil literature and lifestyles of the native Tamil people . And here the term lifestyles covers a vast spectrum of the day-to-day activities of
8-504: A South Asia –related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dravidian studies The 16th to 18th century missionaries who wrote Tamil grammars or lexica include Henrique Henriques , Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg and Constantino Giuseppe Beschi . The recognition that the Dravidian languages were a phylogenetic unit separate from Indo-European dates to 1816, and was presented by F. W. Ellis , Collector of Madras, at
12-492: The College of Fort St. George. The 19th century contributors to the field of Dravidology were: The noted Dravidologists from the twentieth century are: The Dravidian University at Kuppam , Andhra Pradesh has created Chairs in the names of Western and Dravidian scholars to encourage research in individual Dravidian languages as well as comparative Dravidian studies: The 2021 Indian documentary film Dreaming of Words traces
16-484: The native Tamil people as can be gleaned from their indigenous literature of all kinds, including grammatical, lexical, epic , lyrical , dramatic , theological , medical , philosophical , moral , jurisprudence and folk literature, containing data about their various rites and rituals , customs and manners , legends and fables , diseases and medicines, literature and education , society and culture , from time immemorial until now. This article about
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