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The Cilappatikaram is to Tamil what the Iliad and Odyssey are to Greek--its importance would be difficult to overstate... This is an extraordinary accomplishment. -- George L. Hart, University of California, Berkeley A fine, luminous translation of an Indian classic. It is a poet's translation. Parthasarathy's poetic skills are everywhere in evidence, yet guided by his sensitive scholarship and fidelity. -- A. K. Ramanujan, University of Chicago The Cilappatikaram is to Tamil what the Iliad and Odyssey are to Greek-its importance would be difficult to overstate... This is an extraordinary accomplishment. -- George L. Hart, University of California, Berkeley

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The Cilappatikaram is to Tamil what the Iliad and Odyssey are to Greek -its importance would be difficult to overstate. . . . This is an extraordinary accomplishment.