Simha Foundry
Simha Foundry publishes faithful new editions of the Tamil canon — and the contemporary fiction that grows from the same soil — paired with quiet companion apps that open a printed page into a painted world.
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Faithful modern editions of the Tamil canon, illustrated retellings of its poetry, and original fiction — available worldwide on Amazon and Notion Press.
Fifty years of one marriage — Arjun and Maya, from a Bombay bookshop to San Francisco and back, parents lost and children grown — told in restrained, observant prose. A painted companion app accompanies the print edition, a scene for each of the 55 chapters.
The complete Thirukkural in English — original Tamil couplet, transliteration, word‑by‑word meaning, direct meaning and purport — for readers meeting Valluvar in English for the first time.
All 1,330 kurals with meypporul — the true meaning of each couplet set in clear present‑day Tamil, gathering the four published volumes into one.
The complete Thiruvachakam — Manikkavasagar's devotional masterpiece — each verse with word meaning, direct meaning and purport, conveying both its poetry and inner depth.
The aphoristic wisdom of Avvaiyar, presented with clear modern meaning for today's readers.
Four English volumes and a Spanish edition, in eBook, paperback and hardcover — paired with a painterly companion app.
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Our books stand whole on their own. For readers who want more, each companion app unlocks a gallery of original paintings — one for every chapter or verse — using the access code printed inside the book, or a quick scan of its QR codes. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.
Our namesake
The Yali (Vyala) is the mythical guardian carved on the pillars of South Indian temples — a lion-bodied beast that wards the sacred threshold. Four of its classical forms:
About
Simha Foundry is an independent Tamil‑Indian imprint, publishing modern editions of canonical Tamil literature alongside original contemporary fiction.
It was founded by Krishna Prasad Sundaram (கிருஷ்ண பிரசாத்) — who grew up in Coimbatore. He holds a postgraduate degree in Computer Applications and began his career as a professor of computer science before more than two decades in information technology, where he works today in enterprise data management. He is the author of a multi‑volume modern Tamil interpretation of the classical canon — the Thirukkural and the Thiruvachakam — and of the novel The Aisle Between. He brings the discipline of large systems to the craft of publishing: carefully built editions, faithful translation, and unobtrusive companion apps that let a printed page open into a painted world.
