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**radikal** · 01-28-2006, 08:00 AM

Dear Idiappam Sir
What are the oldest references to ramayana and mahabharatha in Tamil literature?the mythological stories.
Silapadhikaram mentions lot of these mythological stories like churning of the parkadal using vasuki snake(vadakaraiyai mathakki vasukiyai nanaki made famous by MS), lot of incidences of the mahabharatha etc.is there any literature predating silapadhikaram which mentions legends of mahabharatham/ramayanam?

01-28-2006, 08:00 AM	#16
radikal Join Date Oct 2005 Age 54 Posts 4,523 Senior Member	Dear Idiappam Sir What are the oldest references to ramayana and mahabharatha in Tamil literature?the mythological stories. Silapadhikaram mentions lot of these mythological stories like churning of the parkadal using vasuki snake(vadakaraiyai mathakki vasukiyai nanaki made famous by MS), lot of incidences of the mahabharatha etc.is there any literature predating silapadhikaram which mentions legends of mahabharatham/ramayanam?
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