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Kural

The Tirukkuṟaḷ (Tamil: திருக்குறள், lit. '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. The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teachings on virtue (aram), wealth (porul) and love (inbam), respectively. It is…

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Author
Valluvar
Genre
Poetry
Publication date
1812 (first known printed edition, older palm-leaf manuscripts exist)
Language
Old Tamil
Original text
திருக்குறள் at Tamil Wikisource
Original title
திருக்குறள்

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chapter text tamil valluvar work according first couplets one tirukkuṟaḷ தல also author book published indian literature century life found

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KuralAuthorValluvar1.00infobox
KuralGenrePoetry1.00infobox
KuralLanguageOld Tamil1.00infobox
KuralOriginal textதிருக்குறள் at Tamil Wikisource1.00infobox
KuralOriginal titleதிருக்குறள்1.00infobox
KuralPublication date1812 (first known printed edition, older palm-leaf manuscripts exist)1.00infobox
KuralPublication placeIndia1.00infobox
KuralPublished in English17941.00infobox
KuralSeriesEighteen Lesser Texts1.00infobox
KuralSet inProbably Post-Sangam era (c. 500 CE or earlier)1.00infobox
KuralSubjectEthics and cosmic order1.00infobox
KuralSubjectsociety1.00infobox
KuralSubjectpolitics1.00infobox
KuralSubjecteconomics and statecraft1.00infobox
KuralSubjectlove and pleasure1.00infobox
KuralTranslationTirukkuṟaḷ at Wikisource1.00infobox
KuralTranslatorSee list of translations1.00infobox
KuralWorking titleKural1.00infobox
Kuralis aoft-quoted Tamil work0.90text

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