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M. a. Tadasopa Morde M. A. Sadahopa morde 5 ఇ ఉ ణా || ఋ || ఏఓజ్ || ఐఔ చ్ ||హయవరట్ || 6 7 8 9 10 లణ్ || ఞమ ఙణనమ్ || ఝభ ఖ్ || ఘఢ ధ మ్ || జ బ గ డ దళ్ ॥ 11 12 18 14 ఖ ఫ ఛ ర థ చ ట త న్ || క ప య్ || శష సర్ | హ || The whole is termed Sivasutra-Jalam in Panini. Vide Wilson's Sanscrit Grammar, p. 6. This, says Tradition, is the origin of the Sanscrit language; and to rival it, Tamulians too claim divine origin for their tongue. The Tamil Lan- guage owes its origin to the disagreement of Agastyan with the College of Sanscrit Scholars at Benares. The Rishi, ever known in the Puranas as an unyielding and obstinate character, on one occasion carried his opposition so far as to bring down upon him expulsion from the College. Enraged at this treatment, he appeared before Soobramanyan at Kailas, and while en- treating the god to bestow upon him power and ability to create a new language to rival Sanscrit, and thereby check the pride of the haughty conclave, the court where they were conversing, was gradually filled by a very agreeable smell. Agastyan asked Soobramanyan what this meant, and was ordered to approach a corner of the Court; and there he found depo- sited a large bundle sending forth. most delicious odour. " தமிழ் தமிழ்" Tamil, Tamil, exclaimed the sage. Well that is the language, replied the god which I delegate you to propagate among the people in the South, so as to subdue your opponents. The bundle Tamil" consisted of some olei books which the offspring of Siva taught the Rishi, who proceeded at once to the South of India and composed his works and systems with the assistance of his twelve disciples. See p. 121. The term signifies good, or sweet. Vide the Nigandu, Thivagarum, and Rottler, under that word. S COMPARATIVE MERITS OF THE THOLCAPYAM AND THE NUNNOOL.. The Thalcapyam and the Nunnool are in other words no other than the Eyndrum and the Panineum in principle. The former is treated more upon the Inductive method. The Nuuuool lays down general rules and divides its subjects orderly into general classes, species and particulars; the Thol- capyam gives a few general rules only, and that too, in no regular order. It is for the most part one continued string of particulars and individuals,
