Vacek, Jaroslav: Flowers and Formulas. Nature as Symbolic Code in Old Tamil Love Poetry. Studia Orientalia Pragensia XXV.
Charles Univeristy, Prague, 2007, 249 pp.;
ISSN 0587-1255; ISBN 978-80-246-1424-3
Nature symbolism and formulas used with five basic plants of Old Tamil literature, which at the same time represent “meta-signs” of the indigenous literary theory. Sanskrit parallels. Revised and enlarged edition of earlier papers. Detailed indexes.