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Penguin Classics Kural
  
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Penguin Classics Kural (Paperback)

by Tiruvalluvar (Author), P Sundaram (Translator)
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This is one of the earliest classics of Tamil literature and dates the period between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. It is a book of ethics, in the style of Aristotle's "Ethics", but different in that it is written in the form of couplets - 1330 in all.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic of Tamil Literature, Jan 19 1999
By Randy LeJeune (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews
This set of approximately 1300 couplets is divided into three subcategories: Virtue, wealth and love. It gives plenty of advice in the Hindu and Jain tradition, not of asceticism, but of one who is active in the world, but wishes to be a good person and to have a good practical understanding of his or her faith. The poetry is simple but effective. Valluvar is on par with Valmiki in my opinion -- the reader of this short little book (167 pages) will come to learn that Tamil is juat as important a source of religious ideas as is Sanskrit and it is in use even today. A must-read for all seekers.
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