Buddhism & Tamil

Mayilai Seeni Venkataswamy
Buddhism & Tamil

The word 'Tamil Nadu' in the source text denotes the earlier Tamil speaking region (including present Tamil Nadu and Kerala) as has been used through the ages by many scholars......

As discussed in the chapter 'Buddhists and Tamil' that both Jains and Buddhists used vernaculars of different regions to propagate their religious thoughts in those places. If this is so, wouldn't they also have composed many texts in Tamil? Yes, there is no doubt that they would have written many texts......
Like this, while Devadattan was planning to murder Buddha, Ajatasatru was plotting against the king and attempting to kill him. The king who came to know of the conspiracy, handed over his kingdom to his son and retired from royal duties......