Tamil more divine than Sanskrit!

Topic started by Idiappam (@ cache139.156ce.maxonline.com.sg) on Thu Oct 2 05:29:28 .
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Tamil: Primitive and original.
Sanskrit: Derivative.

Tamil: Spoken and living language.
Sanskrit: Semi-aritificial literary dialect.

Tamil: Scriptural studies exoteric.
Sanskrit: Scritural studies esoteric.

Tamil: Inculcation of cosmopolitanism.
Sanskrit: Division of society into numerous castes on the basis of birth and parentage.

Tamil: Admission of all to asceticism.
Sanskrit: Restriction of asceticism to Brahmins.

Tamil: Holding higher education common to all.
Sanskrit: Restriction of higher education to Sanskritists.

Tamil: Encouragement of gifts to all the poor and needy.
Sanskrit: Enjoinment on the donors to give only to the Sanskritists.

Tamil: Love of truth.
Sanskrit: Love of imposture and plagarism.

Tamil: Laying of emphasis on love, as a means of attaining eternal bliss.
Sanskrit: Laying of emphasis on knowledge, as means of attaining union with the universal soul.

Tamil: Having monotheistic Saivism and Vainavism as religions.
Sanskrit: Having a system of sacrifices to minor deities as a religion.

Tamil: Literary description natural.
Sanskrit: Literary description imaginary.

- G. Devaneya Pavanar


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