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**MannoFr** · 11-23-2005, 08:00 AM

Dear Idiappam Sir
What are the oldest references to ramayana and mahabharatha in Tamil literature?the mythological stories.

Frankly, I don't. But I know Appar allocates on line in every Pathigam for Ravana. I have not read the Alwars well. But the Vaishnavite puranas are quoted by them -

Ongi ulagaLantha uthaman....
yasOthai iLam singam ...
--- Andal.

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? By the time of Silapathigaram the stories have reached the Tamil Lands - See the Manaiyaraipadutha Kathai of Silappathigaram - even Manmathan was there!

11-23-2005, 08:00 AM	#9
MannoFr Join Date Mar 2007 Posts 4,451 Senior Member	Dear Idiappam Sir What are the oldest references to ramayana and mahabharatha in Tamil literature?the mythological stories. Frankly, I don't. But I know Appar allocates on line in every Pathigam for Ravana. I have not read the Alwars well. But the Vaishnavite puranas are quoted by them - Ongi ulagaLantha uthaman.... yasOthai iLam singam ... --- Andal. 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? By the time of Silapathigaram the stories have reached the Tamil Lands - See the Manaiyaraipadutha Kathai of Silappathigaram - even Manmathan was there!
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