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The image captures a display board in what appears to be an indoor museum or exhibition setting, likely in Thalassery, India. The primary subject on the board is a large, artistic portrait of Hermann Gundert, distinctively rendered using numerous small Malayalam script characters that form his facial features and hair. To the right of the portrait, a large text panel is visible. It features an English title, "Gundert's Zeal for Grammar," and a Malayalam title, "'ഗുണ്ടർട്ട്' എന്ന വൈയാകരണൻ" (Gundert, the Grammarian). This panel provides an overview of Gundert's academic background and his significant contributions to Malayalam grammar. It details his research, studies under August Schleicher, and how he comprehended Dravidian languages based on Rev. G. Rhenius' Tamil Grammar (1834). It mentions his first Malayalam grammar book compiled in 1839, and the 'Malayala Bhasha Vyakaranam' (1851), which was based on analyzing nearly seventy texts and palm-leaf manuscripts. Although initially incomplete as study material, its second edition, including an English description by E. Diez, was published in Mangalore in 1868. This book is hailed as the first complete grammar book in Malayalam. The panel also references 'Malayala Vyakarana Chodyotharam' (1867, 1870), a question-and-answer format aid for grammar study. Further right, two smaller, vertically stacked panels add more specific details. The top small panel, titled in Malayalam about orthography, etymology, and syntax, states that Gundert structured Malayalam grammar into three parts: Aksharakandam, Parakandam, and Vachakakandam. Its English counterpart explains that Gundert "compiled the Malayalam dictionary by carefully incorporating the orthography, etymology and syntax of each word and arranging it in its alphabetical, vocabularic and textual order." The bottom small panel highlights in Malayalam that Gundert's 'Malayala Bhasha Vyakaranam' (1851) is the first printed and complete Malayalam grammar. The English text reiterates this, calling "Gundert's Malayala Bhasha Vyakaranam (1851)" the "first printed, complete Malayalam grammar book." The display board is framed in wood and set against a light-colored wall. A red fire extinguisher is partially visible in the top right corner of the frame, indicating the general indoor environment. The use of Malayalam script in the portrait itself, combined with bilingual explanatory texts, effectively conveys the cultural and linguistic significance of Gundert's work.
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