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[253] The Indian nationalist and Yoga guru Sri Aurobindo stated, "Thirukkural is gnomic poetry, the greatest in planned conception and force of execution ever written in this kind." [ 253 ] E. S. Ariel , who translated and published the third part of the Kural to French in 1848, called it "a masterpiece of Tamil literature, one of the highest ...
Veṇpā is a closely related family of very strict [6] Tamil verse forms. They differ chiefly in the number of standard lines that occur before the final short line. In kuṟaḷ-veṇpā (or simply "kural") a single 4-foot ("standard") line is followed by a final 3-foot ("short") line, resulting in a 7-foot couplet. [7]
Poet Thiruvalluvar. The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (41 metres), denoting the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural.This includes 95 feet (29 metres) sculpture of Valluvar standing upon a 38 feet (12 metres) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of Virtue, the first of the three books of the Kural text.
Tirukkural in Easy English (Vol. 1) (Vol. 2 On Love) Chennai (Notion Press) 2021: 154 pages; published again in 2022 (300 pages) Kavikkuyil Anaivaariyar: Thirukkural: Pearls of Wisdom from Classical Tamil Series: Chennai (Notion Press) 2021: 322 pages: P. Subramanian: Thirukkural—A Comprehensive Vision for Life (Jazym Books) 2021: 552 pages ...
Thiruvalluvar, one of the greatest authors in Indian history, wrote Thirukkural more than 2000 years ago. The Thirukkural is one of the most revered ancient works in the Tamil language. It is considered a 'common creed', providing a guide for human morals and betterment in life. The Thirukkural has been translated into several languages."
Thirukkural: Tamil–English: Chennai (Santha Publications) 76 pages 87: 2007: Kalladan: Tirukkural Readings and Reflections: Chennai (Manivasagam Publications) 273 pages 88: 2007: V. Srinivasan: Thirukkural (Sri Vijeyam Publishers) 89: 2008: M. D. Jayabalan: Thirukkural in English: Cheyyar: Selections: Translated a selections of 317 couplets ...
The Tirukkural belongs to the Late-Sangam period and has been listed as one of the chief text of the Sangam corpus.However, scholars find it difficult to ascertain the exact period of the text and its author and have employed, besides archaeological research, various historical references and linguistic methodologies to arrive at a date.
The Book of Aṟam is the most important of all the books of the Tirukkural and is considered the most fundamental. [3] The book exclusively deals with dharma, which is common to the entire work of the Tirukkural, thus providing the essence of the work as a whole.