Sumerian texts:
1.Bendt Alster : The Instructions of Suruppak, Akademisk Forlog, Copenhagen , 1974
2.C.R, Castelino: Sulgi Hymns B&C, Inst, de Studi Del Vicisso Oriente, Univ. Di Roma, 1972
3. William W. Hallo & J.J.A Van Dijk : The Exaltation of Inanna, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1968
4.S.N Kramer: The Sumerians : Their History, Culture and Character, The University of Chicago Press, 1963
Tamil Texts
1. P. Subramaniyam : Meyk KiirttikaL, Inter. Inst of Tamil Studies, Chennai- 600 113, 1983
2. Nja. Tevaneeyan( PaavaNar): Verc Col kadduraikaL, Saiva Siddhanta Publications, Chennai 1973
Dictionaries:
1. T. Burrow & M.B. Emeneau : A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary &
Supplement. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1968
2. M. Winslow : A Comprehensive Tamil and English Dictionary, Asian Educational Services, New Delhi 1983