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Devaneya Pavanar (; '; also known as G. Devaneyan, Ñanamuttan Tevaneyan; lived 1902–1981), was a prominent Indian Tamil author who wrote over 35 books. Additionally, he was a staunch proponent of the "Pure Tamil movement" and initiated the Etymological Dictionary Project primarily to bring out the roots of Tamil words and their connections and ramifications. In his 1966 ''Primary Classical language of the World'', he argues that the Tamil language is the "most natural" (') and also a proto-world language, being the oldest (') language of the world, from which all other major languages of the world are derived. He believed that its literature, later called Sangam literature and usually considered to have been written from 200 BCE and 300 CE, spanned a huge period from 10,000 to 5,500 BCE.〔Historical Heritage of the Tamils By Ka. Ta. Tirunāvukkaracu, Ca. Vē. Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, International Institute of Tamil Studies (1983), p. 178〕 These datings gain popularity by journalists such as in Graham Hancock's book ''Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization''. His above ideas are fringe ones and mainstream linguists, geologists and historians do not acknowledge them to be true. Devaneya Pavanar composed many musical pieces (''Isaik kalambakam'') and many noteworthy poems, including the collection of ''Venpa.'' The title ' was conferred on him by the Tamil Nadu State Government in 1979, and he was also addressed as ' () "Sun of language".〔(Tamil Nadu Government press release )〕 ==Biography== Gnanamuthu Devaneyan Pavanar was born on 7 February 1902 in Sankaranayinarkoil or (Sankarankovil),Tamil Nadu to his parents Thiru.Gnanamuthu Devendrar and Paripuranam Ammaiyar. He was educated in the C.M.J. High School, Palayamkottai, S.S.L.C. (1916–1918) and trained as a teacher in Madras University. He married in 1930 and had four sons and one daughter, the daughter being the fourth child. His descendants live in penury in Salem http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/13/stories/2010061359430900.htm He worked as a Tamil teacher in several High Schools, 1922–1944. During this time, he pursued autodidactic studies of Dravidian philology and comparative linguistics. He was Tamil professor at Municipal College, Salem, 1944–1956. From 1956–1961, he was the head of Dravidian department at Annamalai University.〔PRudrayya Chandrayya Hiremath, Jayavant S. Kulli, "Proceedings of the Third All India Conference of Dravidian Linguists", 1973〕 He was a member of the Tamil Development and Research Council, set up by the Nehru government in 1959, entrusted with producing Tamil school and college textbooks. From 1974, he was director of the Tamil Etymological Project, and he acted as president of the International Tamil League, Tamil Nadu. (U. Tha. Ka.) Devaneya Pavanar studied his elementary education in Murumbu and worked as a First Teacher also in Murumbu under the control of Young Durai. Devaneya Pavanar's life size statue, research library, centunary arch, reading room is located in Murumbu, near Sankarankovil, Tamil Nadu. The Chennai District Central Library is named after Devanaya Pavanar and is located at Anna Salai, Chennai. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devaneya Pavanar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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