Sources and further reading
How this account was established
Source numbers throughout the site lead back to this list. External records open in a new tab. Government-library and bibliographic sources are preferred when encyclopaedia articles disagree.
- Anna Centenary Library: Thani Nayagam Adigal (1913–1980) (opens in a new tab)
Tamil Nadu Government library biography
- He who convinced the world that Tamil is classical language (opens in a new tab)
The Hindu, 24 November 2013
- Thani Nayagam Adigal, by Amudhan Adigal (opens in a new tab)
Tamil Digital Library bibliographic record, 1993
- Tamil Culture, volume 1, numbers 3–4 (opens in a new tab)
Tamil Digital Library, September 1952 issue
- Proceedings of the First International Conference-Seminar of Tamil Studies (opens in a new tab)
Kuala Lumpur, April 1966; published 1968
- Tamil Culture, volumes 1–12 (opens in a new tab)
Internet Archive reading copy; CC0 1.0
- Xavier S. Thani Nayagam author record (opens in a new tab)
Open Library bibliography
- Luso-Tamil Catechism, Lisbon, 1554 (opens in a new tab)
Wikimedia Commons file and licence record
- Collected speeches of Thani Nayagam Adigal (opens in a new tab)
Tamil Digital Library bibliographic record, 1999
- Xavier Thaninayagam (opens in a new tab)
English Wikipedia biographical article
- சேவியர் தனிநாயகம் (opens in a new tab)
Tamil Wikipedia biographical article
- The roving Ambassador of Tamil, by Amudhan Adigal (opens in a new tab)
The Hindu, 27 August 2003; read via the Internet Archive
- Making Tamil a classical language: Fr. Thaninayagam’s contribution, by Rev. Fr. Thamil Nesan (opens in a new tab)
The Island, Colombo; read via the Internet Archive
- Thambiran Vanakkam, 1578 (opens in a new tab)
Wikimedia Commons file and licence record
- Proceedings of the First International Conference-Seminar of Tamil Studies, volume 1 (opens in a new tab)
Internet Archive reading copy of the 1968 IATR publication