Part 11 - Lumeria (Kumari Kandam)

[Full title: Geographical Landmass Connection: Lumeria (Kumari Kandam)]

Kumari (Lumeria), Lost Legendary Continent, is an ancient Tamil building, located in southern India today, surrounded by the majestic and majestic Indian Ocean. It is also known as "Kumari Kandam" and "Kumari Nadu". The 19th century and the beginnings of the American and European economies on the submerged continent were called "Limoria" to explain the different geological similarities between Africa, India and Madagascar. This theory was changed by a party of Tamil evangelicals by linking the folk traditions of Pandyan, and lost in the ocean, which was described in ancient Tamil and Sanskrit literature. The acclaimed authors of the ancient Tamil civilization that existed in Limoria before being lost in the sea after the catastrophic tragic event. Thus, in the twentieth century, Tamil writers used the name "Kumari Kandam" to describe this flooded continent. Although the above theory was later obsolete due to continental drift theory (tectonic plates). Nevertheless, Kumari Kandam remained a popular concept among the Tamils in the 20th century. For them, Kumari was the Kandam where the first two Tamil literary academies (sangams) were organized during the Pandyan pause. Their exhortation made Kumari Kandam the "cradle of civilization" to prove the culture of Tamil language and culture.^[1]

Limoria (Lumeria), as a concept, was introduced to the Tamil book in the 1890s, where they proposed the versions of the tamoulées of the continent name (eg "Illémurie"). In early 1900, they began to use the Tamil names of the continent to support their portrayal of Lemuria, in fact the ancient Tamil civilization. V. G. Suryriaraiana, in 1930, used the term "Kumarinatu" (or "Kumari Tamil", which means "land of Kumari") in the "Tamil Mozhiyin Varalaru" book (history in Tamil). The term Kumari Kandam ("Kumari Continent") first used to describe Limoria in 1930 (Ramaswamy, 2004, p. 104-108)^[2].

There were cheers of Tamil evangelists that the Kumam Kumari name purely Tamil is actually derived from the Sanskrit word "Kumarika Kanda" (Ramaswamy, 2004, p. 268).^[3] Kumari tells Kandam as an area of land. Kumari Kandam's theory became well known among anti-Brahman anti-Sanskrit nationalists Tamil. Kanda Puranam actually describes Kumari Kandam as the land where Brahmans reside, where Shiva is worshiped and where the Veda is recited. In the twentieth century, the Tamil book suggested different theories to explain the origin of Komari Nadu. A series of allegations of gender equality in the Tamil homeland have been enshrined in the meta-platelets. For example, Mr. Arunachalam (1944) claimed that the land was ruled and dominated by Kumaris. According to D. Savariryon Pillai, women of the land are entitled to choose their wives and claim ownership of all property. This led to the land being known as "Kumari Nadu" (Land of the Girl). Another scientist, Kandiah Pillay, said in a children's book that was designed and centered around a new story of the goddess that the earth bears his name. He claimed that the Kanyakumari temple was founded by those who survived the flood that flooded Kumari Kandam.^[4] According to Sumathi Ramaswamy, the focus of the Tamil book on the word "Kumari" (virgin / virgin) symbolizes the purity of the Tamil culture accent before acculturated with other ethnic groups such as Indian Aryan (Ramaswamy 2004). pp.105-106).^[5]

In 1912 Somasundara Bharati, for the first time, used the word "Tamilakam" (the name of the ancient Tamil country) to cover the concept of the Medea, describing it as "the cradle of civilization" in his book "Classic Tamil Tamilakam". Several names such as "Pantiya Natu" (named after Pandyas) are the oldest of the Tivu strains of Tamil and Navalan (Navalan); the name Jambudvipa was used to explain submerged lands (Ramaswamy, 2004, pp. 204-211).^[6]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Theresa Bane (4 March 2014). Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places. McFarland. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-1-47661565-3.

[2]:

Theresa Bane (4 March 2014). Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places. McFarland. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-1-47661565-3.

[3]:

Richard S. Weiss (22 January 2009). Recipes for Immortality: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India: Healing, Religion, and Community in South India. Oxford University Press. pp. 89–97. ISBN 978-0-19-971500-8.

[4]:

Ramaswamy 2004, p. 268

[5]:

C. Brito (1884). "Curiosities of Tamil Literature". Orientalist: A Journal of Oriental Literature, Arts, and Sciences Folklore. Trübner & Co. pp. 98–102.

[6]:

Ramaswamy 2004, pp. 105–106