Friday 28 June 2013

Tamil websites



Free websites to download Tamil Ebooks :
1. Noolaham Project : http://www.noolaham.org aims to collect Tamil books and magazines from Eelam. This is a collaborative non-profit effort spearheaded by Tamil loving youth in SriLanka. It has 3000+ Tamil ebooks for download now and is actively growing. Most are scanned versions of the printed books as pdf files. You can also find text and audio versions for some books.
2. Project Madurai  http://www.projectmadurai.org is online since 1998 and aims to digitise ancient Tamil literature. It has 400+ works online in PDF, TSCII and Unicode formats.
3. Thamizham.net  http://www.tamizham.net aims to add one Tamil e-book a day. It has around 1000 E-Books already. This work is done single handedly by Pollachi Nasan !!
Paid sites to download Tamil ebooks:
1. Sangapalagai http://www.sangapalagai.com – Tamil Magazine and Books online store.
2. Vikatanhttp://vikatan.com/shopping/   - Ebook store for Vikatan publications.
Related posts:
* Buy Tamil books online -  http://apptamil.com/buy-tamil-books-online/
* Tamilnadu school textbooks online - http://apptamil.com/tamilnadu-school-textbooks-online/
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* Tamil grammar lessons online  -    http://apptamil.com/tamil-grammar-lessons-online/
* Tamil literature magazines websites  http://apptamil.com/tamil-literature-magazines-websites
1. Uyirmai ( உயிர்மை ) -  http://www.uyirmmai.com/
Besides hosting the printed உயிர்மை magazine, Uyirmmai has a column / blog page by its publisher Manushyaputhiran. The site also offers online shopping to buy Tamil books published by Uyirmai.
2. Kalachuvadu ( காலச்சுவடு ) - http://www.kalachuvadu.com/
காலச்சுவடு provides a very valuable archive of all it’s monthly publications. It is one of the very well designed Tamil magazine portals.
3. Vadakku Vaasal ( வடக்கு வாசல் ) - http://www.vadakkuvaasal.com/
4. Noolaham.nethttp://www.noolaham.org    நூலகம் is a non-profit collaborative volunteer initiative from SriLanka to digitize Tamil literary works from Eelam. Besides archiving many old magazines, it presents contemporary magazines like மல்லிகை, ஞானம், பயில் நிலம்.
5. Keetru  -http://www.keetru.com/common/magazines_index.php
* English to Tamil dictionary websites   -  http://apptamil.com/free-online-english-tamil-dictionary-websites/
List of websites  English – Tamil dictionaries for free online.
1. Tamil Wiktionary – Tamil Wiktionary is a Multi lingual – Tamil dictionary. It has more than One lakh words with a focus on technical glassary prepared by Tamil virtual University. This is a free to edit dictionary. So you can improve the pages by adding correct meaning, pronunciation, images etc.,
2. DSAL dictionariesDigital South Asia Library is a portal for Tamil’s oldest dictionaries. It is a treasure house for Tamil lovers. Gives meanings for Tamil words found in literature.
List of dictionaries in this portal:
abricius, Johann PhilippJ. P. Fabricius’s Tamil and English dictionary. 4th ed., rev.and enl. Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House, 1972.
McAlpin, David WA core vocabulary for Tamil. Rev. ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1981.
University of MadrasTamil lexicon. [Madras]: University of Madras, 1936-
Winslow, MironA comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil. Madras: P.R. Hunt, 1862.
3. Pals e-dictionary – English-Tamil dictionary from Palaniappa brothers.
4. Tamil Virtual University Dictionaries – Has  a flashy interface and inbuilt Tamil typing tool.
5. க்ரியாவின் தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி – Tamil – Tamil – English dictionary for contemporary Tamil words by Kriya.
6. Free online Tamil – Tamil – English dictionary from Lifco.
8. Agaraadhi
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