Who is Veerama Munivar

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Who is Veerama Munivar..

Actually he was a foreigner and had come to India. But he
loved tamil language so he learnt tamil & changed his
name(Constanzo Beschi) also and wrote tamil poems and
translated it into Latin.For ex Thirukkrual.He is one of
the classical writers of Tamil literature. He compiled
several Tamil dictionaries: including the Chaturakarati ,
the quadruple lexicon containing words, synonyms, categories
of words, and rhymes; a Tamil-Latin and
Latin-Tamil-Portuguese dictionary.

His greatest poetical work is the Thembavani (the Unfading
Garland), an extraordinary epic poem - 3615 stanzas long -
on Salvation history and the life of Saint Joseph. It is
considered a classic of Tamil literature. He also wrote a
prabandham (one of the minor literature) called Kavalur
Kalambagam (காவலூர் கலம்பகம்), a grammatical treatise called
Thonnool (தொன்னூல்), a guide book for catechists with the
title Vedhiyar Ozukkam (வேதியர் ஒழுக்கம்), and
Paramarthaguruvin kathai (பரமார்த்த குருவின் கதை).

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