Description :Tamil language exist only for the last century and a half, though there is evidence that there existed a Tamil theatre of sorts, at least from the I0th century onwards. The normal division of Tamil literature into three classes-iyol, natural or poetic, isai, the musical, and natakam, the dramatic, seems to date from a somewhat older division, though the dramatic in this context seems to derive from the definition of dance as drama.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Subramanyam, Ka Naa
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Tamil Nadu
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2017-06-15T10:17:21Z
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2017-06-15T10:17:21Z
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1967
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Tamil language exist only for the last century and a half, though there is evidence that there existed a Tamil theatre of sorts, at least from the I0th century onwards. The normal division of Tamil literature into three classes-iyol, natural or poetic, isai, the musical, and natakam, the dramatic, seems to date from a somewhat older division, though the dramatic in this context seems to derive from the definition of dance as drama.
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