The Function of LanguageFinally, we replace the concept with a single, specific, perceptual concrete — a placeholder that differentiates it from all other concretes and all other concepts: a word. This is the function of language.

அறிவியல்-கவிதை புத்தகமான “ஹோலுப் கவிதைகள்” என்ற புத்தகத்தின் வரிகள் நினைவிற்கு வந்ததாய்ச் சொன்னார். அந்தப் பக்கத்தை எனக்கு அனுப்பினார். நான் அதை வாசித்தபோது ‘அட!  இரண்டுமே ஒரே மூலத்தையே சென்றடைகின்றன.  ஆனால் சென்றடைந்த பாதை வேறு.’ என்று சொன்னேன்.

Boxes (purple): while you're scribbling, you’ll want to add boxes around whatever you judge to be a key point.

Silappadikaram means ‘The Story of the Anklet’, silambu being the anklet worn by young, unmarried Tamil girls in ancient times that was removed on their wedding day. So silambu is a metaphor for virginity and innocence, which later became the insignia of the pathni cult (the worship of chastity).

According to Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943), Sanskrit being the common language of communication among the intellectuals of India in those days, many of the metaphysical and theoretical works in Sanskrit might have had South Indian authorship.

height of a 5G antenna and the power of the signal are the factors that determine how close it can be allowed near an airport or a flight path