| 词条 | T. P. Meenakshisundaram |
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| name = T. P. Meenakshisundaram | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1901|01|08}} | birth_place = Thenpattinam, Chengelput district, Tamil Nadu, India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|08|27|1901|01|08}} | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = Te Po Meenkshisunadaranar | occupation = Writer Academic | yearsactive = 1923–1980 | known for = Tamil and English literature | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = S. Ponnusami Gramani | website = | signature = | awards = Padma Bhushan TN Sahitya Akademi Award }}Thenpattinam Ponnuswamy Meenakshisundaram (1901–1980), popularly known as Te Po Meenkshisunadaranar, was an Indian scholar, writer of Tamil and English literature[1] and the founder vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.[2] LifeBorn on 8 January 1901 at Thenpattinam, in the erstwhile Chengelput district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu to S. Ponnusami Gramani, Meenakshisundaram did his college studies at Pachaiyappa's College from where he secured his BA (1920), BL (1922), MA in History (1923) and a Diploma in Economics.[3] After starting his career in 1923 as a lawyer and serving the Madras Corporation Council in 1924, he shifted his career as a professor of Tamil and served Annamalai University from 1954 to 1958 and the Presidency College, Chennai till 1961. He was serving as the director of the Center for Advanced Study in Dravidian Linguistics of Annamalai University when he was appointed as the founder vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University[4] in 1966, a post he held till 1971.[3] Meenakshisundaram published several works in Tamil and English.[5][6][7] He is best known for his English renderings of the Tirukkural published in 1919.[4] His notable works include Philosophy of Tiruvalluvar,[8] A history of Tamil Language,[9] A history of Tamil Literature,[10] and Aesthetics of the Tamils.[11] He was a recipient of several honors such as the Tamil Nadu Sahitya Akademi Award (1975), and honorary doctorates from Madurai Kamaraj University (1967), University of Colombo (1973) and Annamalai University (1976). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1977, for his contributions to literature and education.[12] He died on 27 August 1980, at the age of 79. Madurai Kamaraj University has since instituted an endowment prize, Dr. T. P. Meenakshisundaram Endowment Prize, in his honor.[13] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10052841?q&versionId=11679162 | title=Collected works of Prof. T. P. Meenakshisundaram | publisher=National Library of Australia | date=2016 | accessdate=20 July 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.kamarajcollege.ac.in/college_history.php | title=History of the College | publisher=Kamaraj College | date=2016 | accessdate=20 July 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/tpmeena.html | title=Life History | publisher=Tamil Electronic Library | date=2016 | accessdate=20 July 2016}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/from-merchant-to-tirukkural-scholar/article7775746.ece | title=From merchant to Tirukkural scholar | newspaper=The Hindu | date=18 October 2015 | accessdate=20 July 2016}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Bertold Spuler|title=Handbook of Oriental Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kx4uqyts2t4C&pg=PA134|year=1952|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-04190-7|pages=134–}} 6. ^{{cite book|author=Kamil Zvelebil|title=Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAPtq49DZfoC&pg=PA102|year=1992|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-09365-6|pages=102–}} 7. ^{{cite book|author=Stuart H. Blackburn|title=Print, Folklore, and Nationalism in Colonial South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-BxrNKdwPMC&pg=PA228|year=2006|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-7824-149-4|pages=228–}} 8. ^{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Tiruvalluvar-Madurai-University-publication/dp/B0000D5M8P?ie=UTF8&qid=1469038042&ref_=la_B00IY1Z60Q_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1 | title=Philosophy of Tiruvalluvar | publisher=Madurai University | author=T. P Meenakshisundaram | year=1969 | pages=1969 | asin=B0000D5M8P}} 9. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-tamil-language/oclc/5228059&referer=brief_results | title=A history of Tamil Language | publisher=Deccan College, Post-graduate and Research Institute | author=T. P Meenakshisundaram | year=1965 | pages=236 | oclc=5228059}} 10. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-tamil-literature/oclc/4825530&referer=brief_results | title=A history of Tamil Literature | publisher=Annamalai University | author=T. P Meenakshisundaram | year=1965 | pages=211 | oclc=4825530}} 11. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/aesthetics-of-the-tamils/oclc/8280976&referer=brief_results | title=Aesthetics of the Tamils | publisher=University of Madras | author=T. P Meenakshisundaram | year=1977 | pages=23 | oclc=8280976}} 12. ^{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 January 2016}} 13. ^{{cite web | url=http://chem.iitm.ac.in/faculty/anbarasan/profanbu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PACV.pdf | title=Curriculum Vitae | publisher=Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai | date=2016 | accessdate=20 July 2016}} External links
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