From days of yore, a number of learned men of letters have contributed to the development of Tamil, a classical language of most ancient origin. For the past two hundred years or so, research in Tamil has noticed a phenomenal growth in various forms. As a result of this scholars around the world have come to realise the importance and worth of this great language, Tamil. In 1902 the Tamil scholar Parithimarkalignar declared that Tamil is a classical language.