LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP PREFACE A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION GUIDE TO TAMIL PRONUNCIATION Printed in India BYJAINENDRA PR/YKASH JAIN AT SHRIJAINENDRA PRESS, A-45 NARAINA, PHASE-I, NEW DELHI 110 028 AND PUBLISHED BY NARENDRA PRAKASH JAIN FOR MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED, BUNGALOW ROAD, DELHI 110 007 Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110007 8 Mahalaxmi Chamber, 22 Bhulabhai Desai Road, Mumbai 400 026 203 Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004 236, 9th Main III Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560011 Sanas Plaza, 1302 Baji Rao Road, Pune 411 002 8 Camac Street, Kolkata 700 017 Ashok Rajpath, Patna 800 004 Chowk, Varanasi 221 001 Ramanujan (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1967) are reprinted by permission.
44 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press © 1965 by the President arid fellows of Harvard College) and from The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology by A.K. ISBN: 978-8-6 Acknowledgements The quotations from An Anthology of Sanskrit Court Poetry: Vidyakara's Subhdsitaratnakosa by D.H.H. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or 'by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Reprint: Delhi, 2007 First Indian Edition: Delhi, 1991 © 1989 BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS All rights reserved. MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PRIVATE LIMITED POEMS TO SIVA The Hymns of the Tamil Saints