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Book/Printed Material A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry

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Title

  • A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry

Names

  • Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, 1680-1747
  • Babington, Benjamin Guy, 1794-1866, tr

Created / Published

  • Madras, Printed at the College Press, 1822.

Headings

  • -  Tamil language--Grammar
  • -  Tamil language--Versification

Notes

  • -  Translation of the author's Grammatica latino-tamulica ubi de elegantiori linguae tamulicae dialecto centamij dicta, cui adduntur tamulicae poëseos rudimenta ad usum missionariorum Soctis Jesu. The original was never published, its preface is dated 1730. cf. J. Vinson's bibliography of Beschi's works in Revue de linguistique, t. XXXIII (1900) p. 15.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 1 p. l., v, xii, 117 p. 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PL4753 .B5

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12019195

OCLC Number

  • 10883993

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, and Benjamin Guy Babington. A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry. Madras, Printed at the College Press, 1822. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12019195/.

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Beschi, C. G. & Babington, B. G. (1822) A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry. Madras, Printed at the College Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/12019195/.

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Beschi, Costantino Giuseppe, and Benjamin Guy Babington. A grammar of the high dialect of the Tamil language, termed Shen-Tamil: to which is added, an introduction to Tamil poetry. Madras, Printed at the College Press, 1822. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/12019195/>.