Sage Thiru-valluvar
"The Bard of Universal Man"
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Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8357/index.html

M. Kalyanam's website who stays in Canada. Reproduces English translation of Thirukural by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis, which was published by The South India Saiva Siddhantha Works Publishing Society, Tinnevelly, India (1982). Contains an Introduction, Word Index, Word Reference.

Rev. Dr. G U Pope had spent a number of years in South India during the 19th century and had written commentaries on important Tamil texts dating back to the Sangam period. His translations are poetic in nature.

http://www.geocities.com/mkalyanam/ is mirror of the above site.

Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/tamil/kural/kural_browse.php

Website belongs to System Development Laboratory of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.

Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/pmunicode/mp153.htm

Available online. You can also download pdf file at http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/trkrlpop.pdf

Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://tamils.tamilpower.com/thirukural.htm

 

Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://www.vetty.com/Thirukural.asp

English translation of Thirukural upto Chapter 102. Does not cover chapters 103 to 133. Neatly laid out site.

Thirukkural: English translation by Rev Dr. G U Pope, Rev W H Drew, Rev John Lazarus and Mr. F W Ellis

http://tamils.tamilpower.com/thirukuralenglish.htm

 

Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life - English Translation over sighted by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/weaver/content.htm

Reproduces Thirukural's translation into American English by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami. He is the the pontiff of the three million Jaffna Tamil peoples and the 162nd successor in the line of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara.

Translation is called "Weaver's Wisdom : Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life." Actually two disciples of the Satguru took 20 years to complete it. Translation does not cover Part-3 of Thirukural on Love. Each chapter is illustrated with a painting by Indian artists.

There is very long & knowledgeable Introduction. It also contains Tamil original of Thirukural in non-Tamil font.

Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life - English Translation over sighted by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (The Holy Kural)

http://www.mountainman.com.au/kural/index.htm

Thirukural translation over sighted by Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, student of the Sri Lankan sage Yogaswami and the founder of the Himalayan Academy. Leaves out Part-III on Love.

Has a Talk by Gurudev on this subject at  http://www.mountainman.com.au/kural/kural-bg.htm

Weaver's Wisdom: Ancient Precepts for a Perfect Life - English Translation over sighted by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

http://mailerindia.com/mulan/kindex.php

Has two translations of each couplet into English. One appears to follow Rev. Dr. GU Pope & Others translation and the other Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's translation. We can search the translation by specifying the couplet's number between 1 and 1330.

Thirukural - English Translation : Himalayan Academy

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/kuralE1.htm

Of the 133 chapters in the original work, 108 are included in this abridged edition available online, comprising the sections on virtue and wealth but not the final 25 chapters on love. This translation is in contemporary English. It is easy to read & understand.

Thirukural - English Translation : Himalayan Academy

http://cheraglibrary.org/hindu/kural/K01.htm

Of the 133 chapters in the original work, 108 are included in this abridged edition available online, comprising the sections on virtue and wealth but not the final 25 chapters on love.

This translation is in contemporary English. It is easy to read & understand. Website of Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan. Purpose "is to spread the unity of religion...."Website of Pir-O-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan. Purpose "is to spread the unity of religion...." It also aims to work in curing alchoholism & drug addiction.

Kural, The Great Book of Tiru-Valluvar, English Translation and notes by C. Rajagopalachari

http://www.hindubooks.org/books_by_rajaji/kural/

Reproduces C Rajagopalachari's translation & commentary on Thirukural, "Kural - The Great Book of Tiru-Valluvar." His translation is acclaimed as excellent by many. It is available in print form also: "Kural, The Great Book of Tiru-Valluvar, English Translation and notes by C. Rajagopalachari." published by Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Mumbai. C. Rajagopalachari has translated only selections from Book I and II, leaving out Book III on Love. The illustrious & brilliant translator is popularly known as "Rajaji;" he was a Lawyer, Writer, Statesman, devout Hindu. He was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, First Indian Viceroy of India, & last Governer General of India

Kural, The Great Book of Tiru-Valluvar, English Translation and notes by C. Rajagopalachari

http://www.hinduism.co.za/tirukkur.htm

Has a very good Introduction titled "Background to the Tirukkural" by Swami Sivananda, The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh. Swami Sivananda was a qualified medical doctor, however, turned into an ascetic. A brief section tiled "About Saint Tiruvalluvar" follows.

Contains C. Rajagopalachari's translation of Thirukural (except the last 4 chapters).

Kural, The Great Book of Tiru-Valluvar, English Translation and notes by C. Rajagopalachari

http://www.aghilham.com/thirukural.html

You can visit daily to read a quote from the Thirukural as translated by C Rajagopalachari.

Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translation by Kaviyogi Maharishi Shuddhananda Bharatiar

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/kaviyogi/tksindex.htm

Translation is into brief verses and thereby captures some of the beauty of the original.

You can also download pdf file at  http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/kaviyogi/pm017.pdf

Thirukkural in English by J Narayanaswamy

http://www.coimbatore.net/kural/ku_1.html

Gives English translation of Thirukural by J Narayanaswamy. You can read about him at http://www.coimbatore.net/kural/kuralauthor.html. He started as a Personal Assistant & rose to the level of Mnaging Director. Now he is a businessman.

Thiruvalluvar's Kural: English translation by P.S. Sundaram

http://www.geocities.com/arasuk/thiru/indext.html

K. Arasu's website. Reproduces the English translation done by P.S. Sundaram. This is an original as well an acclaimed translation. His translations is brief and in verse form - just like Thiruvalluvar's original work in Tamil. Hence the acclamation.

If you have difficulty, try access from: http://www.geocities.com/arasuk/thiru/ or  http://www.geocities.com/arasuk/thiru/dirt.html

Tirukkural: Getting close to the original - by N.V.K. Ashraf

http://www.geocities.com/nvashraf/kur-eng/closeindex.htm

Ashraf has compared 27 translations of Thirukural and selected the one best translation amongst them. This best one is reproduced at this page. This is an original contribution by him.

Double-"V"

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/

By far the best website on Thirukural. It belongs to N.V.K. Ashraf. To put it mildly, his enthusiasm for the subject is unequalled. It has N.V.K. Ashraf's translation of Thirukural into English & M.G. Vekatakrishnan's translation into Hindi.

It has 'Introduction to Thirukual' in 11 languages at http://www.geocities.com/nvashraf/general/introduction.htm .

It has two more articles: 'Claims and Criticisms' ( http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/claims-crit/claim_crit.htm  ) and 'Mathematical Miracle in Thirukkural' ( http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/mm/mm-cont.htm ).

The website is dedicated to looking at world religions and literature thru the eyes of "Double V" - i.e. Valluvar and Vivekananda.

Thirukkural in Hindi: translated by M.G. Venkatakrishnan

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Hind-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-hind/HinCONT.htm

Thirukkural in French: translated by Gnanou Diagou

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Fre-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-fre/FreCONT.htm

Thirukkural in Kannada: translated by P.S. Srinivasa

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Kan-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurkan/KanCONT.htm

Thirukkural in Russian: translated by Vithali Furniki

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Rus-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-russ/RusCONT.htm

Thirukkural in Malayalam: translated by V.V. Abdulla Sahib

http://www.geocities.com/ashrafnvk/kur-mal/MalCONT.htm

Translation starts here: http://www.geocities.com/ashrafnvk/kur-mal/MalCONT.htm

Thirukkural in Arabic: translated by by Muhammad Yousuf Kokan

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Arab-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://www.geocities.com/ashrafnvk/kur-arab/AraCONT.htm

Thirukkural in Konkani: translated by N. Purushothama Mallaya

http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurkon/Kon-Int.htm

Translation starts at http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurkon/koncont.htm

Thirukkural in Marathi: translation by P.S. Sane Guruji

http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurmar/Mar-Int.htm

Translation starts at : http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurmar/marcont.htm

Tirukkural in Latin: translated by Beschi, C.J.

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Lat-Int.htm

Translation starts here: http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kurlat/latcont.htm . Fr. Beschi translated only Part-1 and 2, leaving out the the 3rd part on 'Love.'

Ramji's home page

http://members.tripod.com/~sramji/

Ramji's homepage. Here you can download a Thirukkural Screen Saver which displays random kurals (verses). Currently there are two versions of it. One which displays the kural along with English Translations. Another which displays only the kural verbatim. Downloading only the Tamil screensaver as on 18th Nov 2008.

Viral Nuniyil Kural

http://s92430071.onlinehome.us/suvadik.htm

You can download Viral Nuniyil Kural. This is an exe file which displays a kural (verse) from Thirukural on your screen. When you start it, it also puts an icon on the Windows System tray. (The small window at the southeast corner of the screen, where a clock is also ticking.) This icon remains there till you exit from the application. You can reactivate the application any time, by just clicking on this icon. The icon displays the current date. [Site is unavailable as on 17th Nov 2008]

Thirukural

http://puggy.symonds.net/~suraj/kural-howto.php

This document explains how to put a verse from the Thirukural on each of your mails. Can be used to add any other random quote also into your mail. The website belongs to Suraj Kumar, 25 year old software professional. [Site is unavailable as on 17th Nov 2008]

International Thirukkural Conference 2005 - Research Papers

http://www.thirukkural2005.org/call_for_papers.htm

A international conference on Thirukural was held in Maryland, USA, from Jul 8th to 10th, 2005. The website contains the 47 papers received for the conference. 37 are in Tamil and 10 in English. Excellent resource.

There are many other details also about Thirukural, Thiruvalluvar, Keynote Speakers, Tamil Language.

Thirukkural of Thiruvalluvar

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/index.htm

This is a large website promoted by some people who see Tamils as a "trans state nation." It has lots on material on Thirukural also. At this page, it has Introductions to Thirukural and links to introductions by Prof. CR Krishnamurthy, Dr S Jayabharathi (in Tamil), M Karunanidhi (in Tamil).

Thirukural

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5180/thkrl.html

Website belongs to Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram. Lists several translations of the Thirukural into 30 different languages from Assamese to Urdu. Also lists 25 different translations into English. This was the count in 1996.

The webpage has moved to http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/thkrl.html

Thirukural

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirukural

An objective & brief article on Thirukural at Wikipedia.

Thiruvalluvar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruvalluvar

An objective & brief article on Thiruvalluvar at Wikipedia..

Thiruvalluvar Statue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Thiruvalluvar

About the Memorial & the 133 feet high statue of Thirivalluvar in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the 46th tallest statue in the world as of 2008.

Valluvar Kottam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valluvar_Kottam

About the Memorial to Thiruvalluvar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Thiruvalluvar and Guru Nanak: Some Reflections on their Moral Teachings by M S. Ahluwalia

http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052005/msa.htm

The article compares two great men's teachings & philosophy.

Thirukkural - A Jaina Work by Late Prof. A. Chakravarthy Nainar

http://www.geocities.com/tamiljain/kural1.html

This article persuades us that Thiruvalluvar was a follower of Jain religion

Thirukural

http://www.tamilvu.org/library/l2100/html/l2100001.htm

We can hear Thirukural verses in Tamil language at this website. Design Created & Developed by Triology Technologies Pvt Ltd.

tirukkuRaL of tiruvaLLuvar

http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/mp001.htm

Thirukural in original Tamil is available online. You can also download pdf file at http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/kural/pm001.pdf . Copies in several scripts are available like Inaimathi, tscii, Mylai.

Thirukkural

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~siddhart/thirukkural/

Dr. Siddharthan Ramachandramurthi 's home page on website of University of Tennessee. Reproduces Thirukural in Tamil. It is stored as image files. There is search facility to search any string in Thirukural. The string has to be written in Madurai transliteration scheme. Hr. Ramachandramurthi has done M Sc (Tech) - Comp Science from BITS, Pilani and Ph D (Comp Science) from University of Tenneessee.

Thirukural

http://www.dmk.in/thirukural/index.html

The site belongs to DMK, one of the leading political parties in Tamil Nadu. It's leaders, M. Karunanidhi, is also presently [17th Nov 2008] the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. He has written a commentary on Thirukural, which is available online here.

Download Thirukural

http://www.rupees4u.com/kural/

Has Thirukural as an Ebook for being downloaded, which reproduces it non-Tamil font.

Project Madurai

http://tamil.net/projectmadurai/

The official website of Project Madurai. It is an open, world-wide initiative devoted to preparation & free distribution of ETexts of Tamil Literary Works led by Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram in Switzerland and Kumar Mallikarjunan in USA. It appears to have become a part of the large website tamilnation.org.

Thirukural

http://www.muthu.org/kural/

This sites provides a facility to convert words typed in English into Tamil fonts automatically.

Tamil Electronic Library

http://tamilelibrary.org/

The website contains comprehensive information on nearly all topics of interests to Tamil Diaspora (History, Language, Script, Arts, Dance, Music, Cinema, Literature, major Tamil Portals, ...). This site originally based at Geocities is being moved here. We are revising and updating most of the webpages. This site is still under construction.

Has several articles related to Thirukural.

Thirukural

http://www.penkatali.org/tirukkuRaL.html

Gives translation of selected chapters of Thirukural into English. There is an Introduction which quotes extensively from Albert Schweitzer . [Site is unavailable as 18th Nov 2008.]

Thirukural

http://www.indiangyan.com/books/otherbooks/ambrosia/index.shtml

A translation into English. Reproduces Ambrosia of Thirukkural by Swamiji Iraianban, published by B. Jain Publishers (P) Ltd. New Delhi, India . It is a big effort and appears to be original. Couplets are not numbered. [Site is unavailable as on 17th Nov 2008]

Thirukural

http://www.indiangyan.com/books/otherbooks/reading_from_thirukkural/index.shtml

Reproduces the selected translations contained in Readings From Thirukkural by Gananath Das, published by Abhinav Publication. Mr. Das has selected 290 of the 1330 verses of the Kural for translation. There is at least one verse from each chapter in the selection. He retired from the Indian Administrative Service, has devoted himself fully to the study of the saint-poets whose teachings have laid the foundation of the collective ethos of India. [Site is unavailable as on 17th Nov 2008]

Kanyakumari

http://www.visitkanyakumari.com/Thiruvalluvar%20Statue.htm

There is 133 Feet high statute of Thiruvalluvar in Kanyakumari, India. The height of 133 feet parallels the 133 chapters in his book Thirukural. Read here more about the statue. [Site is unavailable on 17th Nov 2008]

Thirukkural in Saurashtrian: translated by S.S. Ram

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/San-Int.htm

Translation starts here: http://nvkashraf.myweb.io/kursau/saucont.htm but the link was not working on 11th Feb 2008.

Thirukkural in English: translated by N. V. K. Ashraf

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Eng-Int.htm

Translation starts here: http://www.geocities.com/nvashraf/kur-eng/closeindex.htm . Mr. Ashraf has compared 25 translations into English and selected the best rendering. Occasionally, he has given his own translation if none was satisfactory.

He is also the scholar who has painstaking researched and put online translations into languages other than English

Thirukkural Translations in Different Languages of the World - by N. V. K. Ashraf

http://www.geocities.com/nvkashraf/kur-trans/languages.htm

Mr. Asraf has documented translations of Thirukural into 37 languages. He has written a brief note on translations into each of these languages and linked to this page.

Inside the Hall below the Statue - All 1330 Verses of Thirukural are Inscribed
Thiruvalluvar Memorial (133 Feet, 7000 Tonnes), Kanyakumari, India
Credit: Suresh_mask, Flickr

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