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The List of Tamil Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. [1] There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were used by Tamil people, it is harder to list all in one single article, the list shows a few proverbs.
Tamil Lexicon (Tamil: தமிழ்ப் பேரகராதி Tamiḻ Pērakarāti) is a twelve-volume dictionary of the Tamil language. Published by the University of Madras , it is said to be the most comprehensive dictionary of the Tamil language to date.
The couplets about friendship, hard work, good character, patience, tolerance and confidence will guide them through, even the most difficult of times. Thirukkural will give them the inner strength to withstand any storm." [16] “No other philosophical or religious work has such moral and intellectual approach to problems of life.” [17]
The Anglican missionary John Lazarus said, "No Tamil work can ever approach the purity of the Kural. It is a standing repute to modern Tamil." [251] According to the American Christian missionary Emmons E. White, "Thirukkural is a synthesis of the best moral teachings of the world." [251]
Well let's see it then. Please cite and quote the authoritative Tamil work that demonstrates that the English word orange is of Tamil origin. Please also include a translation of the relevant Tamil texts. If such a work exists and can be cited, then I will be perfectly happy to include the word on this list with a proper citation in the references.
There are several pieces of evidence indicating that Parimelalhagar belonged to the Vaishnavite sect. [13] [17] [22] His explanations to Kural couplets 610 and 1103, his reference to the Nalayira Divya Prabandham in various instances, his employment of verses from the Tiruvaymoli in couplets 349 and 370, and his citing Nammalvar's verses in chapter 39 in the second book of the Kural text all ...
The Paripādal (Tamil: பரிபாடல், meaning the paripadal-metre anthology) is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the fifth of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. [10]
Tamil has three simple tenses – past, present, and future – indicated by simple suffixes, and a series of perfects, indicated by compound suffixes. Mood is implicit in Tamil, and is normally reflected by the same morphemes which mark tense categories. These signal whether the happening spoken of in the verb is unreal, possible, potential ...