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Book by Henrique Henriques
Thambiran Vanakkam (Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul)
Thambiran Vanakkam (also known as Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul in Portuguese; Tamil: தம்பிரான் வணக்கம்) is a Catholiccatechism translated by Henrique Henriques and published on 20 October 1578 at Quilon, Venad. It is the first printed work in an Indian language and script.