S. Kanapathipillai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan scholar
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Place of Birth: Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
About S. Kanapathipillai
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- Kanapathipillai (27 June 1899 – 13 March 1986) was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil literary figure and Hindu revivalist in the school of Arumuga Navalar.
- His father was Sinnathamby Pillai of Madduvil in Chavakachcheri .
- Kanapathipillai was enrolled at the Navalar Kaaviya Paadasalai, under Kumaraswamy Pulavar, where he pursued higher studies in classical Tamil and literature.
- He was also guided by Swami Vipulananda, while still a student at the Navalar Kaaviya Paadasalai. In 1925, he became one of only four people from Jaffna who had been bestowed the Pandithar qualification by the Madurai Tamil Sangam.
- Kanapathipillai was a trained teacher and was in charge of the Saiva Teachers Training School at Thirunelveli, Jaffna, from 1929 until he retired.
- He was also knowledgeable about Sanskrit, about Saiva Siddhanta and is a revered Tamil scholar of high repute and was given the title of "Pandithamani".
- In his last years he lived at his residence in "Kalasalai Veedi" in Thirunelveli, Jaffna.
- Panditamani S.Kanapathipillai had recorded his conversations with Mouna thava munivar-P.Kailasapathy of Alaveddi, Vice-Principal of Saiva-training College, Thirunelveli, Jaffna, from 1941.01.29 to 1957.03.19 in his very presence almost verbatim.
- The University of Jaffna had published them, in 1994, scrupulously edited by Prof.
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- Suchindraraja and A.
- Sabaratnam.
- The 700 pages of typed Tamil document will soon be published by the Department of Hindu-religious Affairs, Colombo.
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