The Tamiḻ Poets Named Gods as "Ārya"

Part Two of "Āriyar" in Ancient Tamiḻ Literature: the threefold meaning of a word, and the evasions that fail before it

Part One read the war-poems in which the Tamiḻ kings "broke the Āriyar," and showed that they describe one single ritual world. This part asks and answers the question: if Āriyar is not an ethnonym, what is it?

The Enemy Who Was Never There

Part One of "Āriyar" in Ancient Tamiḻ Literature: the war-poems, the exact names, and the manufacturing of a race

The Tamiḻ kings who "crushed the Aryans" performed the Vaidika sacrifice themselves; the poets who could name a Maurya, a Nanda and a Vaḍugar never made Āriyar one of those names; and the race the verses are said to remember first appears in the 1800s. There was never a race to fight.

Dhanush's Tamiḻ Murugan vs. Trivikram's Murugan: What Ancient Tamiḻ Texts Actually Say

The Vaidika roots of Murugan

The Sky Doesn’t Take Sides: Murugan, the Six Stars and the Ancient Continuity Between Tamiḻ and Vaidika Tradition

Ayyaṉār and Karuppaṇṇasāmi: A Stratigraphy of Their Origins and Pan-Indian Cousins

Examining the Vaidika, Paurāṇika, and pan-Indian origins of Ayyaṉār and his fierce commander Karuppaṇṇasāmi