கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு
What you have learned is a mere handful,
What you haven’t learned is the size of the world— Avvaiyar, 1st Century BCE
Avvai is tortured by the knowledge that she can’t read all the books of the world.
We’re exploring the meaning of her name, whether nominative determinism plays a part in her disposition.
