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  2. Kural (poetic form) - Wikipedia

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    It is a very short poetic form being an independent couplet complete in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 words and the second line consisting of 3. As one of the five types of Venpa stanza, it must also conform to the grammar for Venpa, the most difficult and the most highly esteemed of stanzaic structures in classical Tamil literature .

  3. Aram (Kural book) - Wikipedia

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    Written in High Tamil distich form, it has 38 chapters each containing 10 kurals or couplets, making a total of 380 couplets, all dealing with the fundamental virtues of an individual. Aṟam , the Tamil term that loosely corresponds to the English term 'virtue', correlates with the first of the four ancient Indian values of dharma , artha ...

  4. Kural - Wikipedia

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    'sacred verses'), or shortly the Kural (Tamil: குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text on commoner's morality consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. [4] The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teachings on virtue ( aram ), wealth ( porul ) and love ( inbam ), respectively.

  5. Tirukkural translations into English - Wikipedia

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    Voice of Valluvar—Thirukkural (The Tamil Veda) Allahabad (Cyberwit.net) Verse and Prose: Complete: 111: 2015: R. Venkatachalam: Thirukkural—Translation—Explanation: A Life Skills Coaching Approach: Gurgaon (Partridge Publishing India) Verse: Complete: Published in 689 pages, with new interpretations given for about 360 couplets. 112: 2016 ...

  6. Porul (Kural book) - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Poruḷ, in full Poruṭpāl (Tamil: பொருட்பால்; lit. 'division of wealth' or 'polity'), also known as the Book of Wealth, Book of Polity, the Second Book or Book Two in translated versions, is the second of the three books or parts of the Kural literature, authored by the ancient Indian philosopher Valluvar.

  7. Tirukkural translations - Wikipedia

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    Thirukkural English Couplet: Chennai (Palaniappa Brothers) 2018: 208 pages; ISBN: 978-93-88139-60-1: R. Jayaprakasam: Thirukkural: Text in English & Tamil: Chennai (Porselvi Pathippagam) 2019: Complete—Prose [37] How could he who eat the flesh for proliferation of his own flesh and body be enough compassionate? Pattu M. Bhoopathi

  8. Inbam (Kural book) - Wikipedia

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    Written in High Tamil distich form, it has 25 chapters each containing 10 kurals or couplets, making a total of 250 couplets all dealing with human love. The term inbam or kamam , which means 'pleasure', correlates with the third of the four ancient Indian values of dharma , artha , kama and moksha .

  9. Venpa - Wikipedia

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    All 1330 couplets from the Thirukkural, composed by Thiruvalluvar, are examples of venba. Tirukkural comes under a sub-category of venba called Kural venba, wherein each kural or couplet has only two lines. Nala venba 1 is another classical work written in venba style. Niti venba 2 is another venba style book that preaches values.