thirukkural best english translation to present

Tiruvalluvar-The Tirukkural: A New English Version Trilingual version with Tamil original and Malay and English versions translated by the translator. Thirukkural Commentary in Tamil and EnglishĪuthored both Tamil commentary and English translation Singapore (Tamils Representative Council ) The Wisdom of Tirukkural-A Guide to Living Translated only the first two sections, viz. New Delhi (Manohar and American Institute of Indian Studies) Reprinted in 1989, 1991, 19 by International Tamil Language Foundation ( Illinois)Ī Gift of Tamil: Translations of Tamil Literature (Edited by Paula Richman) Second edition was published in 1982Ĭoimbatore (Ramananda Adigalar Foundation) Translated select couplets from all the three books of the Kural text. Madras ( Health, June 1966 to October 1971) Reprints in 19 by Kasthuri Sreenivasan Trust ( Coimbatore) Tiruchirapalli (Tirukkural Prachar Sangh) Madras (Manali Lakshmana Mudaliar Specific Endowments)Īlso published as The Wisdom of the Tamil People in 1976Īlso published a complete prose version in 1970 Madras (The Adayar Library and Research Centre) Tirunelveli (Sri Kanthimathi Vilasam Press) Translated only select couplets from Books I and II. Tirukkural Mulamum Uraiyum with English Translation Reprint in 1958 by YMCA Publishing House ( Calcutta) The Sacred Kural or The Tamil Veda of Tiruvalluvar Recent edition published in 2015 in 2 volumes. Republished in 1972–1980 in Madurai as Kural in English with Tamil Text and Parimelazhakar Commentary (3 parts). Vadivelu Chettiar with English renderings. Reprints in 1925, 1952, 1961, and 1982 by Tirupparaitturai Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam ( Tiruchirapalli) Revised edition in 1885 as Tales and Poems of South India 1st reprint in 1975 by Kazhakam ( Madras) and 2nd in 2000 by TNR ( Tanjore) Reprint by Gian Publications ( Delhi) in 1981 Odes from the Kural (Folksongs of South India) Reprints were in 1852, 1962, and 1988 by Kazhagam ( Madras) and Asian Educational Services (AES) ( New Delhi) Second edition published by University of Madras Press in 1955 as Tirukkural Ellis Commentary

Translated 120 couplets in all-69 of them in verse and 51 in prose. Made the first ever translation of the Kural text into English in a chapter titled 'Extracts from the Teroo-Vaulaver Kuddul, or, The Ocean of Wisdom' in his book Specimens of Hindoo Literature English, thus, continues to remain the language with most number of translations available of the Kural text.īelow is a list of English translations of the Tirukkural till date: S.No. As of 2014, there were at least 57 versions available in the English language alone. Tirukkural remains one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world. Tamil Wisdom, by Edward Jewitt Robinson, 1873

Thirukkural best english translation to present