Pavanandi

Essays

Education in the Medieval Tamil Desham: The Lessons it Teaches us

Education in the Medieval Tamil Desham: The Lessons it Teaches us

In the concluding part, we get a superb picture of the profound lessons that the educational system of the medieval Tamil Desham teaches us

The Ideal Guru and the Ideal Shishya in the Medieval Tamil Desham

The Ideal Guru and the Ideal Shishya in the Medieval Tamil Desham

Using a series of superb analogies, the medieval Tamil educationist Pavanandi exposits the qualifications of a good teacher and a good pupil and vice versa. These prescriptions are not only timeless but have universal value and applicability.

The Profound Philosophy of Education in the Medieval Tamil Desham

The Profound Philosophy of Education in the Medieval Tamil Desham

A glimpse into the profound philosophical underpinnings of the educational system that existed in early medieval and medieval Tamil Desham.