The Thirukkural is divided into three sections.Thirukkural In Tamil 43.pdf | Peatix. It is said that to the amazement of the critics, the Sangam Plank shrunk itself in size to hold only the Kural manuscript and in the process throwing out the rest.
The significance of this is that the greatness of a work is realized on the basis of not the weight of its manuscript (written on Palm leaves) but the divine qualities of the work which forced the plank to stay afloat. The conceited scholars at Madurai, insisted on measuring the greatness of the work through a test where the manuscript would be placed with other works on a plank kept afloat in the tank of the Meenakshi temple and it was to be seen if the plank remained afloat. Upon completion, Thiruvalluvar took the work (Thirukkural) to Madurai (Tamil Nadu, India) as per the prevailing practice of reading out new compositions in a public forum where critics and scholars would be present. Graul might have subsumed the Jains also under the name of the Buddhists (Graul 1865: xi note). In this connection it was then of particular interest that Thiruvalluvar, the author of the Tirukkural was identified as a Paraiyar in Tamil tradition (as, incidentally, were also other famous ancient Tamil writers, e.g., Auvaiyar cf. Karl Graul (1814–1864) had already by 1855 characterized the Tirukkural as a work of Buddhist hue. Pope who had spent many years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English, which includes Thirukkural, have recognised Thiruvalluvar as a Paraiyar. Most of the Researchers and great Tamil Scholars like George Uglow Pope or G.U. It is has been translated to various other languages. For example, Thirukkural is a cir formed by combining the two words Thiru and Kural, i.e. A cir is a single or a combination of more than one Tamil word. A couplet consists of seven cirs, with four cirs on the first line and three on the second.
The 1330 couplets are arranged into 3 main sections and 133 chapters. Thirukkural comes under one of the four categories of Venpas (Tamil verses) called Kural Venpa.
According to the LIFCO Tamil-Tamil-English dictionary, the Tamil word Kural means Venpa verse with two lines. Each chapter has a specific subject ranging from ploughing a piece of land to ruling a country. Thirukkural (or the Kural) is a collection of 1330 Tamil couplets organised into 133 chapters. Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations by Thiruvalluvar
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