The following is a broad outline of target works that we will try to have in electronic form in the first stage of Project Madurai.

I. Tamil works of Universal Appeal, Devotional/Bakthi Literature
• thirukuRaL of thiruvaLLuvar (1330 couplets)
  
• works of auvaiyAr - AthicUdi, kondRai vEnthan, nalvazhi, mUthurai
  
• thiruppuhaz of aruNagiri nAthar (1323 songs)
  
• thiruvarutpa of rAmalinga adigaL (ca. 13000 verses )
  
• kandar alangAram, kandar anubhoothi, kandar shasti kavacham, kanthar kavacham, vEl virutham,......
  
• songs of pattinathAr
  
• songs of thAyumAnavar
  
• ciRappurANam of umarup pulavar
  

II. Great Anthologies of Tamil Literature
click here for a listing of major anthologies.
Anthologies can be considered under following broad categories:
works of sangam period (ettuththohai, paththuppAttu, pathinenkiizkaNanku)
Epics/kAviyams, twelve thirumarais, divya prabhandam, saiva siddhantha sastras, grammar works and their commentaries.
The works chosen will be complementary to those already available at U Köln archives.
• The complete collection of saivaite canon "12 thirumurais - 18000+ verses"
  compiled by 'nambi ANdAr nambi.
  Thirumurais #1-7 (thEvArams) and #12 periya purANam (of cEkkizhAr)
  are available in transliterated format in Koln archives.
  Hence focus will be on other thirumurais:
  # 8 (thiruvAcakam -656 verses, thiruciRRambalak kOvaiyAr -400 verses),
  # 9 (ten thiruisappas -300 verses),
  #10 (thirumanthiram of thirumUlar -3047 verses) and
  #11 (works of nakkIrar, kAraikAl ammaiyAr, cEran perumAl nAyanAr,...-1400 verses).

• The complete collection of vaishnavite canon "divya prabhandam -4000 verses".
  The romanized/transliterated version of the entire divya prabhandam prepared earlier by Prof. Parthasarathy Dileepan and friends will be converted into tamil script form in Inaimathi/Anjal and Mylai formats. The tamil script versions will be carefully proof-read before release.

III. Works of 20th Century Tamil Authors

A. Authors whose literary works are already in public domain
Tamilnadu Govt. has already placed the literary works of a select list of tamil authors in public domain (see list below). An attempt will be made to put in electronic form the works of these authors.


• C. Subramania BharathiyAr
• BharathidAsan
• maRaimalai adigaL
• Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram
• C.N. Annadurai
• Kalki Krishnamurthy
• Thiru Vi. Ka.
  Very recently Tamilnadu Govt. has announced plans to place in public domain the works of several other distinguished tamil authors
  The following is a short list:
• kavimani dEcika vinaayagam pillai
• paa jeevaanantham
• naamakkal kavinjar ve. raamalingam
• va. vu. cithamparanar
• yogi cuddhanantha bharathi
• E. es. kE. ayyangar
• va. raa
• kaa.mu. sherif
• naavalar comacundara barathiyar
• parali cu. nellaiyappar
• va.ve.cu. aiyar
• kaaraikudi caa. ganesan
• es. ti. es. yogi

  While preparation of etexts of these two authors can start now, public distribution of etexts have to wait possibly for a year - till the official Tamilnadu Gazette notification to this effect.
  

B. Recent Tamil Authors who give permission to place their works in the electronic archives
20th Century Tamil Literature is largely dominated by novels. One of our PM volunteers Mr. Gandhi Kannadhasan has been lobbying with leading tamil novelists, encouraging them to place at least one or two representive novels in the electronic archives. Most probably we may be able to put in etext form select novels of the following authors:

• Mr.Akilan
• Mr.Naa Paarthasarathy {thru their legalheirs]
• Mr.Prabanjan,
• Smt.Indumathi,
• Smt Rajam Krishnan,
• Mr.Indira Parthasarathi
• Mr.Malan and
• Sri.Jeyakanthan.

IV. English Translations of Tamil Literary Works
Tamil has been fortunate to have several distinguished westerners write elegant translations and commentaries, many in the last (19th century). The English translations of Rev. G.U. Pope (1828-1908) of thirukuRaL and thiruvAcakam are examples. Project Madurai would attempt to provide authentic etext versions of these ancient but classic translations. Arrangements are being made to put the English translation of thirukuRaL and other tamil literary works of Yogi Suddhantha Bharathi.

V. Tamil Literary works of Authors of Srilankan Origin
Jaffna Tamil Library has been the major resource center for the tamil literary works of authors of Sri Lankan Origin. Unfortunately fire at this renowned library destroyed all the precious book collections. Majority of tamil authors of sri lankan origin are also displaced from their homeland. There is a major risk of loosing all the tamil works of sri lankan origin. Hence Project Madurai will make an effort to bring in electronic form whatever work we can have access.