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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 Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words.
In 2016, the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures was released by Jehovah's Witnesses as a complete Bible translation in Tamil. [4] This replaced the earlier partial translation comprising only the New Testament. [5] It was published online with mobile versions released through JW Library application in App stores. [6]
The poem is divided into 10 sections (pattu) of about 100 verses each.Each hundred is divided into 10 decads (tiruvaymoli) 28 of 10 verses (pasuram) each.A special feature of the poem is that it is in the style of an antati, that is, the last words of one verse forms the opening words of the next one.
Verbs and some nouns from the English language are converted to Tamil verb forms by adding Tamil verbalizers that indicate verb mood. For example, the Tamil verb " paṇṇu " ( imperative mood "do") is added to the English verb "drive", resulting in "drive paṇṇu ", used to mean "do the driving". [ 12 ]
The lord who is master of Indra and Brahma appears as the five elements earth, water, fire, air and space, the poetry of Tamil and the Sanskrit Vedas. He is the four Quarters, Moon and Sun, the gods in the sky, the invisible Veda-purusha, the secret of the Upanishads. O Heart! If you can remember him through the Mantra, we can live in eternity.
Tiruvalluva Malai (Tamil: திருவள்ளுவ மாலை, romanized: Garland of Tiruvalluvar, lit. 'Tiruvaḷḷuva Mālai') [ 1 ] is an anthology of ancient Tamil paeans containing fifty-five verses each attributed to different poets praising the ancient work of the Kural and its author Tiruvalluvar .