![]() ![]() Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform His popular translations included those of the Tirukkural and Tiruvachagam. English, thus, continues to remain the language with most number of translations available of the Kural text. As of 2014, there were at least 57 versions available in the English language alone. Pope was an Anglican Christian missionary and Tamil scholar who spent 40 years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English. Tirukkural remains one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world. George Uglow Pope (24 April 1820-11 February 1908) or G.U. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC. 'Arathuppal': The couplets here are grouped under the topic of 'virtue. Thirukkural, therefore, can be taken to mean 'sacred couplets.' The whole text of the Thirukkural is divided into three main categories. It is believed that he was born either in Thiru Mylai (Mylapore) Chennai in Tamil Nadu or in ThirunainarKuruchi, a village in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. 'Kural' in classical Tamil means 'short.' 'Thiru' is an honorific term. ![]() Thiruvalluvar, known commonly as Valluvar, is a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. The Tirukkural or Thirukkural (literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil Sangam literature consisting of 1330 couplets or kurals.
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