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==Life==
==Life==
She was born in [[Madurai]] in the late 1930s. She received an M.A. from [[Annamalai University]] in 1962. She is married to Tamil scholar [[George L. Hart]].
Kausalya Hart is a scholar of Tamil She taught in the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has written many books for students and has translated many works of bhakti literature from the 6th to 15th century AD.


==Work==
==Work==
She wrote the book Tamil for Beginners, widely used in universities. She has also written several Tamil plays. She has written papers on Tamil literature, including the Tamil Ramayana and aspects of early [[Christian literature]].
She wrote the book Tamil for Beginners, widely used in universities. She has written several Tamil plays and much other material for teaching Tamil. She has written papers on Tamil literature, including the Tamil Ramayana and aspects of early [[Christian literature]]. Her translations include many works of Tamil bhakti literature from the 6th to the 15th centuries and also the Manimekalai and the Kalingattu Parani. Her translations are available on the Project Madurai website.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Project Madurai|url=https://www.projectmadurai.org/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=www.projectmadurai.org}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Women writers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Women writers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tamil–English translators]]
[[Category:Tamil–English translators]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]


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