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Sanskrit and other Indian languages
The Report of the Sanskrit Commission states:

47. Our Modern Indian languages, both Aryan and Dravidian, are in the same
boat. They have been, all of them, under the aegis of Sanskrit. The Modern
Aryan languages were all born in the lap of Sanskrit; and as for the Dravidian
languages, ever since their ear- liest literary use, they have been nurtured by
Sanskrit. Even in the case of Tamil, although early Tamil literature, as in the
Sangam texts, ’shows certain special Tamil characteristics which are perhaps
unique for Tamil, it is fully within the orbit of Sanskrit. As Siva- jnana-munivar
has said in his commentary to the Tol-kappiyam, the oldest grammar of Tamil :
"the nature of Tamil will not be clear to those who have not learnt Sanskrit"
(vadanul unarndarkkanrit –Tamil iyalpu vilangadu: I Eluttalikaram, sutra 1). Tamil
of the oldest Sangam texts shows a very good number of Sanskrit words, and
the number goes on increasing with the centuries. The ideas in early Tamil
literature as well as in that of later Tamil, and in all literatures in the other
Dravidian languages, are the reflexes of what we have in the Sanskrit world.
Words of Sanskrit also have been taken over along with these ideas. The best
intellects, among the peoples speaking South Indian languages have by and
large adopted Sanskrit for the expression of their ideas in the domains of
serious thinking, as, for example, in Philosophy. As a matter of fact, neither the
languages of the South nor of the North were used for the expression of
higher thought by eminent authors of the land. It was to Sanskrit that they
first turned, and, only after that, to the mother-tongue.

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Vadanul here means Sanskrit books and not the sanskrit language itself.

வட� vada-nūl, n. < வட +. Sanskrit literature; வடெமா

ள �.
வட� மர க ெகாேட (ரேசா. பா . 3).

வட�லா vadanūlār, n. < வட�. Sanskritists; வடெமா  வலா.

வட�லா தாேம பக ைர ெச வா (!. ". 3, உைர).

The correct meaning is People could not really understand the quality of
Tamil, unless they have not studied the Sanskrit books. If they studies the
Sanskrit books, they very well aware the quality or nature of Tamil. The
Lakshana of Sanskrit books are such that.

வச$க%&' vañca-p-pukaḻcci

, n. < id. +. (Rhet.) Apparent praise or censure of an object, artfully

suggesting the censure or praise either of the same object or another;
ஒ ற ப$!னா அத க%&'ேய- ம.ெறா ற க%&'ேய-, ஒ ற
க%&'யா அத ப$ேப- ம.ெறா ற ப$ேப-/ ேதா ற0 1
அல2காரவைக. (அ3 . 30.)

िन�दनम् nindanam िन�दा nindā

िन�दनम् िन�दा [िन�द्-भाव-े युट् अ वा] 1 Blame, cen- sure, reproof, reproach, abuse,
reviling, defamation; याजतुितमुखे िन�दा K. P.1; पर˚, वदे ˚. -2 Injury, wickedness.
-Comp. -उपमा a comparison which in- volves reproofs; Kāv.2.3. -तुितः f. 1
ironical praise, irony. -2 overt praise.

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