Written by K.C.B. Kumarakulasinghe, Mudaliar of the Governor's Gate, Tamil interpreter to H.E. the Governor and chief translator. Printed posthumously in Tellippalai by the American Ceylon Mission Press, 1909. English-language preface. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 84 page...
Written by William Nevins (1820-1889), also known as Mu. Sithamparapillai, who among other positions was the principal of Wesleyan Central School (later Jaffna Hindu College) from 1860-1886. This work is an Essentials of Grammar, written in three parts. Printed in 1886. Size and dimensions of o...
Written by Rev. John Kilner to "regenerate the mind of the Hindu," meant to be used as a textbook. Bilingual. Published in Jaffna by the Union Press, 1871. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 190 pages. Condition of original material: 11cm x 17cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): Rev. Jo...
Written by J.V. Sinnattambi Pulavar, published in Tellippalai by the American Ceylon Mission Press, 1927. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 16 pages. Condition of original material: 14cm x 21.5 cm. Author(s)/Creator(s): J.V. Sinnathambi Pulavar.
Prose rendering of Sivajnana Sithiyar, a Saiva text. Written by Rev. K.S. Murugesu (1870-1947), a Methodist Tamil scholar and linguist. Printed in Jaffna by N.M. Saverimuttu & Sons, 1931. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 74 pages. Condition of original material: 13.5cm x...
Poem by J.R. Arnold (A. Catācivam Piḷḷai), editor of Morning Star, professor at Jaffna College, and author of Pālavar Carittira Tīpaham (1886). Published in Jaffna by Strong and Asbury, Printers, 1898. This work extensively displays the indigenization of Christianity in a Tamil context. Size an...
Poem by J.R. Arnold (A. Catācivam Piḷḷai), editor of Morning Star, professor at Jaffna College and author of Pāvalar Carittira Tīpakam (1886). A collection of five Christian devotional poems, Pañcarattiṉam extensively displays the indigenization of Christianity in a Tamil context. Published in J...
Printed in Chavakachcheri by the Lankabhimani Press, 1941. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 94 pages. Condition of original material: 12.5cm x 18cm.
A prose drama in Tamil, written by Francis Kingsbury (1873-1941, né Alagasunderam), a Tamil scholar and the first lecturer in Tamil at Ceylon University College. Cover page includes a short note on the author. Size and dimensions of original material: 1 book of 43 pages. Condition of original ...