Thiruppukazh

Background - TIV Book in Malayalam script

To meet the demand of the anbarkal attending our Thiruppukazh classes in Thiruvananthapuram, who could not read Tamil language, we decided to publish Thiruppukazh Isai Vazhipadu (TIV) in Malayalam script.    As per Guruji Sri. AS Raghavan’s suggestion, we took great effort to transliterate the Tamil words to Malayalam.   In this process, we referred to Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit dictionaries as well as the books by Chengalvaraya Pillai and Kripananda Variyar.   

It took us six years to publish the first edition of TIV in Malayalam.  We submitted the first copy of the Malayalam book to Guruji in December 2006 in Chennai.   We published the second edition of the Malayalam book in May 2010.   The second batch of TIV books was sold out in five years.  

In January 2018, we published the third edition of the TIV book in Malayalam script.   This book uses the new numbering system.

TIV Book in English script

I have seen several versions of TIV in English script.   According to me, most of them have used phonetically incorrect spelling.  Many did not include the ‘chanDams’ of the songs. 

 

We published the TIV book in English script, using phonetically correct spelling and including the ‘chanDams’ of the songs in January 2018.

The cost of the TIV book in Malayalam is Rs 200 and the TIV book in English is Rs 250.   

Dr. Balu Iyer

e-mail : drbaluiyer@gmail.com

TIV Books in Malayalam script (Third Edition) and TIV Books in English script (First Edition) are now available.  Please contact me by e-mail to purchase these books.

Updated on

December 05, 2019