Question

Answer all the questions given under the caption.

Maraimalai Adigal

1. Name the Sangam texts for which Maraimalai Adigal wrote commentaries.
2. Name the Journal where he worked as a young man.
3. Why did he oppose imposition of Hindi?
4. Who were the key influences in Maraimalai Adigal’s life?

Answer 1

1. Pattinappalai and Mullaipattu.
2. Siddhanta Deepika
3. Adigal promoted the use of pure Tamil words and removal of the Sanskrit influences from Tamil language. He painted out that Tamil language would suffer with the introduction of Hindi.
4. His teachers P. Sundaram Pillai and Somasundara Nayagar were the key influences in Maraimali Adigal’s life.