Knowledge Of Letters And Numbers

Knowledge of Letters and Numbers
are essentials and EQUIVALENT to EYES;

In those days, say in olden days
the scope of education was very low;
Those people acquired the knowledge
by way of learning numbers to count,
And letters to interact with, in a learned court.

Ref: ThirukkuRaL 392
eNNenpa Enai ezhuththenpa ivviraNtum
kaNNenpa vaazhum uyirkku.

poem by V.K. Kanniappan
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