Thirukkural in IL...

Hi Srini,

Thats a wonderful idea!

Getting to know about TirukKural will be an ideal opportunity for someone like me who till date regret not doing justice to my mother tongue. I was never confident in that subject partly because of my school tamil teacher who never created interest of any sorts in the language . I even switched over to French in my +1 for the fear of scoring low marks in tamil. But only later did i realise how i had walked past a treasure trove!!

Thanks in advance and awaiting your thread.

Best Wishes

Roshni

hi chechi,
tirukkural is one of the earliest poetic works in tamil, by the poet tiruvalluvar.
it is in the form of couplets, each having no more than seven words...
there are 133 chapters with 10 couplets or kurals each,so there's a total of 1330 kurals...
Every chapter offers wisdom and code of conduct on a particular subject.
the chapters are under 3 major classifications - Aram (virtue or dharma)[chap 1-38], Porul(materialities of life)[chap 39-108] and Inbam(conjugal relationship)[chap 109 - 133]

you can imagine what a monumental task she has undertaken....
add to it the fact that the verses are in highly literary tamil, very different from the one in current day use...

Originally Posted by Devika Menon

Dear Srini,

I am sure whatever you do will be fantastic and completely justified. I have seen your efforts in many forums. I would ask you to please go ahead.

Forgive me dear but I do not understand what are Kurals . If you would please explain I am sure I will enjoy it for the next 6 months!!

Love,
Devika

Dearest Sowpar,

Thanks so much for the explanation. Yes its a really Herculean Task but a very noble one at that.
Amazing collection,It must be very awesome to read these marvelous literary works by the poet Thiruvallur.
Thanks once again Sowpar, your explanation will help all our Non Tamil friends to understand the importance of Kural and I truly look forward to seeing Srini's fantastic works!

Love,
Chechi

Originally Posted by sowparnika

hi chechi,
tirukkural is one of the earliest poetic works in tamil, by the poet tiruvalluvar.
it is in the form of couplets, each having no more than seven words...
there are 133 chapters with 10 couplets or kurals each,so there's a total of 1330 kurals...
Every chapter offers wisdom and code of conduct on a particular subject.
the chapters are under 3 major classifications - Aram (virtue or dharma)[chap 1-38], Porul(materialities of life)[chap 39-108] and Inbam(conjugal relationship)[chap 109 - 133]

you can imagine what a monumental task she has undertaken....
add to it the fact that the verses are in highly literary tamil, very different from the one in current day use...

Devika,
Thank you so much for your encouragement.....Hope Sowparnika has cleared your doubts....

sowparnika,
Thanks ma for the fb and also your introduction of Thirukkural to Devika., I am
you...
nice idea., a separate thread for Thirukkural and the fbs here, ok...

Lakshmi,
Hope you and your children enjoy along with me... I am also learning through this experience...

Roshni,
Me too, in those days, not much interested, and only by-heart those allotted kurals for the standard...felt bad later on and wanted to learn it...so I am also learning through this.....

Thank you all for the encouragement....Hope to keep up to your expectations...I also need help...If I am wrong or at loss of words., please feel free to correct me....

To tell the truth I was going through the fbs a lot of times and was amazed to know the interest you all have in learning Kural and also the confidence on me....it should not be like this...later on....pray to keep your confidence justified...

There is a slight change, I thought of -- 5 kurals each day, which will enable us to know about Kural in about 6 months.. as 5 servings of fruits and vegetables help us to stay healthy...hope 5 kural a day keeps our mind healthy...
what say...
I am starting that thread named 5 Kural a day....separately as suggested by sowparnika...
sriniketan

Dear Sriniketan,
It wud be great to have Thirukurals in English!!! Great job dear..Wud love to read it ...I was so interested in my tamil classes during my tenth grade to learn these scriptures like thirukural, naladiyar etc..and no wonder i score good marks in them too...I do have a book with tamil meanings...but it wud be pleasure to read them in english too...

Go ahead, we are ready to embrace thirukural english version with all our heart& soul

Sri,

Among all scriptures, Kural is the most precious to me.It is already translated in English on the net.There are 1100 stanzas , and each is a beauty.I have taken out the printout and made into a book.

It is very practical book and relevant even today.The examples he quotes are so practical and useful even today.

Regards.kamal

Aa friendly pat on your back, Sri....

Keep going...

Dear aishu,
thanks for your encouragement..sure I will get help from you as you are interested from the early age..

Kamalji,
Great. I hope you would help me out with practical eg.
thanks for visiting this thread and give me a fb..

sriniketan

Dear Sri,
My prayers & wishes on your new endeavour.May God' s grace guide you to achieve this task.

Dear Sowparnika,
I have heard about thirukkural but didnt know much. Thanks for the explanation.Hope i will get to know more from Sri's post.


love,
ammu

Very nice start Bhargavi. Please check the link you provided.. not sure if its working.. looking out for more:)