S. Vaiyapuri Pillai - Revision history

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-[[Rao Sahib]] '''S. Vaiyapuri Pillai''' (1891 – 17 February 1956)<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaiyapuri Pillai Passes Away|work=The Indian Express|date=18 February 1956|page=3}}</ref> was a renowned scholar and Professor of [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. An advocate by profession, he edited and published several Tamil classics from original manuscripts. He is best remembered as the editor of the [[Tamil Lexicon dictionary|Tamil lexicon]] published by the [[Madras University]] in the 1920s. He was a voracious reader and had in his own private collection thousands of books in Tamil, [[English language|English]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam]]. His collection also included hundreds of [[palm-leaf manuscript]]s.  This collection was later donated to the [[National Library of India]] in [[Kolkata]].
+[[Rao Sahib]] '''Saravanapperumal Vaiyapuri Pillai''' (1891 – 17 February 1956)<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaiyapuri Pillai Passes Away|work=The Indian Express|date=18 February 1956|page=3}}</ref> was a renowned lawyer and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar. An advocate by profession, he edited and published several Tamil classics from original manuscripts. He is best remembered as the editor of the [[Tamil Lexicon dictionary|Tamil lexicon]] published by the [[Madras University]] in the 1920s. He was a voracious reader and had in his own private collection thousands of books in Tamil, [[English language|English]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam]]. His collection also included hundreds of [[palm-leaf manuscript]]s.  This collection was later donated to the [[National Library of India]] in [[Kolkata]].
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[[Rao Sahib]] '''S. Vaiyapuri Pillai''' (1891 – 17 February 1956)<ref>{{cite news|title=Vaiyapuri Pillai Passes Away|work=The Indian Express|date=18 February 1956|page=3}}</ref> was a renowned scholar and Professor of [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. An advocate by profession, he edited and published several Tamil classics from original manuscripts. He is best remembered as the editor of the [[Tamil Lexicon dictionary|Tamil lexicon]] published by the [[Madras University]] in the 1920s. He was a voracious reader and had in his own private collection thousands of books in Tamil, [[English language|English]], [[Sanskrit]] and [[Malayalam]]. His collection also included hundreds of [[palm-leaf manuscript]]s. This collection was later donated to the [[National Library of India]] in [[Kolkata]].
[[File:Vaiyapuri pillai.jpg|thumb|S Vaiyapuri Pillai]]

== Controversies ==
In June 1940, the government of [[Madras State]] appointed a committee headed by [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]] to frame general principles for coining words for scientific and technical terms in Tamil. The constitution of the committee was opposed by Tamil purists who felt that Sastri was strongly anti-Tamil. Sastri precipitated matters further by recommending the inclusion of Vaiyapuri Pillai, who was also perceived to be anti-Tamil. The committee eventually recommended the retention of words of English and Sanskrit origin. Vaiyapuri justified the decision as a necessity for promoting national integration and cited the poetry of [[Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai]]. The decisions of the committee were opposed tooth and nail by activists of the [[Madras Presidency]] [[Tamil Sangam]] and were eventually reversed after Sastri's death in 1946.

== Literary works Nationalised==
In February 2009, the [[Tamil Nadu]] state government announced that the works of 28 scholars would be nationalised and the literary critic, Vaiyapuri Pillai's works were among them. In his budget address, finance minister [[K. Anbazhagan]] said compensation would be paid to the legal heirs of the authors having regard to the number of books written by them, their social impact and literary value. With a view to ensuring that the views and thoughts of great Tamil savants who dedicated their lives to the language benefitted the present and future generations, the government implemented the nationalization scheme.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811080157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-18/chennai/28033187_1_sundara-ramasamy-vaiyapuri-pillai-tamil-writers The Times of India: Literary works of 28 Tamil writers to be nationalised]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tamil Lexicon dictionary]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.nlindia.org/gift_pillai.html
| title = Vaiyapuri Pillai Collection
| accessdate = 2007-04-18
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070321175810/http://nlindia.org/gift_pillai.html  |archivedate = 2007-03-21}}

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