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A. Chandrasekhara Pandithar (death: October 26, 1879) was a Tamil scholar from Eelam. He was multifaceted; a writer, teacher, and translator. One of his most important works is the Mannippay Dictionary. | A. Chandrasekhara Pandithar (death: October 26, 1879) was a Tamil scholar from Eelam. He was multifaceted; a writer, teacher, and translator. One of his most important works is the Mannippay Dictionary. | ||
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A. Chandrasekhara Pandithar (death: October 26, 1879) was a Tamil scholar from Eelam. He was multifaceted; a writer, teacher, and translator. One of his most important works is the Mannippay Dictionary.
Youth, Education
Chandrasekhara Pandithar was born to Ambalanavar in Uduvil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He was taught by his grandfather, Sankara Udayar. He was working with a Christian missionary of that time in Uduvil; he later converted to Christianity and changed his name to Nathaniel.
Personal Life
Chandrasekhara Pandithar’s eldest son, Uvaiman Nathaniel Swaminathar was a doctor in Pamban. His middle son, Tillaiambal Nathaniel Uvesulia worked as a teacher in a mission school. His younger son, Ambalavanar worked in the Judicial Police Department in Jaffna.
Literary Life
He was an editor in Vana. Spalding. He has written and translated many novels. He assisted Vana. Je. Knight from Nallur with a Tamil-English dictionary. He went to Chennai in 1848, to translate the Bible along with a priest from Spalding, Arnold Sadasivam Pillai. He helped a clergy with the translation of many Christian scriptures printed at the Mannippay Printing House.
Mannippay Dictionary
Chandrasekhara Pandithar compiled and published the Mannipay dictionary. This is one of the earliest big dictionaries in Tamil. Father Spalding printed “The Manual Dictionary of the Tamil Language” in an American Mission printing house in Jaffna. It has been known as the Yazhpaanam Dictionary or the Spalding Dictionary. This dictionary contains 58,500 words. Irupaalai Senathirasa Mudaliar and Navali V. Vairamuthupillai helped with the dictionary.
Death
Chandrasekhara Pandithar died at the age of 79 on October 26, 1879.
Links
Reference
- https://ta.xn----7sbiewaowdbfdjyt.pp.ua/250615/1/%E0%AE%85-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150101010517/http://www.chemamadu.com/BookName.aspx?id=15
