A book that has billions of viewers, readers, followers around the world and keeps growing day by day!!!!!!

 

A book that has billions of viewers, readers, followers around the world and keeps growing day by day!!!!!!

Thirukkuṟaḷ (Tamil

: திருக்குறள்,' sacred verses')

The Thirukkuṟaḷ (Tamil: திருக்குறள்,' sacred verses'), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil language text 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. Considered one of the greatest works on ethics and morality, it is known for its universality and secular nature. Its authorship is traditionally attributed to Valluvar, also known in full as Thiruvalluvar. The text has been dated variously from 300 BCE to 5th century CE. The traditional accounts describe it as the last work of the third Sangam.

The Kural is traditionally praised with epithets and alternate titles such as "the Tamil Veda" and "the divine book." Written on the foundations of ahimsa, it emphasizes non-violence and moral vegetarianism as virtues for an individual. In addition, it highlights truthfulness, self-restraint, gratitude, hospitality, kindness, goodness of wife, duty, giving, and so forth,besides covering a wide range of social and political topics such as king, ministers, taxes, justice, forts, war, greatness of army and soldier's honor, death sentence for the wicked, agriculture, education, abstinence from alcohol and intoxicants. It also includes chapters on friendship, love, sexual union, and domestic life.

The Kural has been widely admired by scholars and influential leaders across the ethical, social, political, economical, religious, philosophical, and spiritual spheres over its history.These include Ilango Adigal, Kambar, Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, Constantius Joseph Beschi, Karl Graul, George Uglow Pope, Alexander Piatigorsky, and Yu Hsi. The text has been translated into at least 41 Indian and non-Indian languages, making it one of the most translated ancient works. Ever since it came to print for the first time in 1812, the Kural text has never been out of print. The Kural is considered a masterpiece and one of the most important texts of the Tamil Literature. The Tamil people and the government of Tamil Nadu have long celebrated and upheld the text with reverence.

Tirukkural, also known as the Kural, is considered one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world. As of 2020, the work has been translated into about 41 world languages. As of 2014, English language alone had about 57 versions available, which is estimated to have crossed 100 by 2020.

Eg: Kural in Tamil and English translation

முறைசெய்து காப்பற்றும் மன்னவன மக்ட்கு இறையெனறு வைக்க படும். (குறள்: 388)

Who guards the realm and justice strict maintains, That king as god over subject people reigns. (Kural: 388)

இயற்றலும் ஈட்டலும் காத்லும் காத்

வகுத்லும் வல்ல தரசு. (குறள் 385)

A king is be who treasure gains, stores up, defends,

And duly for his kingdom’s weal expends. (Kural: 385)

Lot more moreeeeeeeeeeeee !!! about Thirukural and author Thiruvalluvar, will post all those soon.,

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