அபிதான சிந்தாமணி/INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
(TO THE FIRST EDITION)
BY
MR. V. KANAKASABAI PILLAY, B.A., B.L..
AUTHOR OF
The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago ;
Superintendent of Post Offices, Presidency Division, Madras.
I have read a few pages of the Sarvartha Siddhi (Abithana Chintamani) or Encyclopaedia of Tamil Literature which the compiler M. R. Ry. Singaravelu Mudaliar, Tamil Pandit, Pachaiyappa's Charities, kindly ohered for my perusal and found them very interesting, written in a simple and easy style, and presented for the first time in the form of an Encyclopædia. As the book Supplies a long-felt want, I have no doubt it will prove very useful to teachers as well as to students of the Tamil Language. The author has spared no pains in making the work as comprehensive as possible by consulting all the Tamil Puranams and classical works which have been printed hitherto and by condensing the information available therein to such a limit as to permit ready reference. I have, therefore, great pleasure in recommending the work to Tamil gentlemen, whose support the author may seek for the publication of his work.