C. W. Thamotharampillai

C.W. Thamotharampillai also sometimes the initials are used as S.V ( _ta. சி. வை. தாமோதரம்பிள்ளை) occupies a position next to Arumuka Navalar in respect of the publication of Ancient Tamil texts in print. Arumuka Navalar brought out editions of medieval texts mainly relating to Saivism and Hindu Culture while Thamotharampillai devoted his energies to the work of editing and publishing some of the oldest works of classical Tamil poetry and grammar.

Pillai along with his contemporaries such asU. V. Swaminatha Iyer were responsible for collecting and cataloguing numerous old Sangam manuscripts and preparing them into compilations and modern form.

With Iyer and Pillai printed and published "Tholkappiyam", "Nachinarkiniyar urai" (1895), "Tholkappiyam Senavariyar urai", (1868), "Manimekalai" (1898), "Cilappatikaram" (1889), "Pattupattu" (1889), and "Purananuru" (1894), all with scholarly commentaries. Between them Damodaram Pillai and Swaminatha Iyer published more 100 works in all, including minor poems.

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