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  Welcome to Thirukkural Conference 2005 -  ...
Thirukkural written by Thiruvalluvar is one of the most notable literary and ethical treatises in the Indian languages.
Thirukkural is one of the few literary works that have survived over the past two thousand years and is regarded as relevant even today.
Thirukkural has been translated in more than 30 languages, and is the most translated book on ethics in the world next only to the Bible and the Koran.
www.thirukkural2005.org   (450 words)

  
  About THIRUKKURAL
Thirukkural is the well known literary composition in the Sankam classics.
Thirukkural is a treatise par excellence on the art of living.
Thirukkural was a treasure house of worldly knowledge, ethical guidance and spiritual wisdom.
www.ibiblio.org /chamu/kural/kural_quote.htm   (574 words)

  
 Thiruvalluvar and Thirukkural
Thirukkural is the masterpiece of Tamil literature with the highest and purest expressions of human thought.
It is written in the form of couplets (two line poems) expounding various aspects of life.
Thirukkural was written by Thiruvalluvar, who is believed to have born 30 years before Jesus Christ.
www.tn.gov.in /literature/thiruvalluvar/thiruvalluvar.htm   (229 words)

  
 Reading From Thirukkural   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Thirukkural follows the ancient prescription of the sages for attainment of salvation or release from the cycle of deaths and births through the modality of "Dharma", "Artha" and "Kama" and writes its own code.
Thiru-Valluvar, the author of Thirukkural, was not only a sage with the good of humanity at heart, a psychologist having deep insight into the complexities of human nature and a philosopher with an urge to reform, he was also a poet of no mean order.
Thirukkural is a unique guide with "helpful practical hints to achieve what may seem to be a mere counsel of perfection." If followed faithfully it will help make man a better Being and this troubled world of ours a better place to live in.
www.indiangyan.com /books/otherbooks/reading_from_thirukkural/index.shtml   (3451 words)

  
 Kural-Introduction
Thirukkural has been broadly divided into three parts, of which the first deals with Aram (VIRTUE) the moral value of Life, the second discusses Porul (WEALTH), socio-economic values of Life, and the third on Kamam (LOVE), depicts the psychological values of Life.
He is said to have lived in the first century B.C. He gave us the famous Thirukkural, holy maxims described by Tamilians as the Tamil Veda and by M. Ariel as one of the highest and purest expressions of human thought.
Thirukkural, the Tamil classic is universal in its outlook, which has no barriers of caste, creed, language and country.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/8357/kintro.html   (1831 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT:Thiruvalluvar comes to life in Kanyakumari
It was Karunanidhi's love for Tamil literature and a representation from late Eknath Ranade, former president of the Vivekananda Kendra, that sowed the seeds of the ambitious project in 1975.
Thirukkural has been arranged in the form of 133 chapters, each chapter comprising of ten kurals or couplets.
S Dhanapal, although was familiar with Thirukkural, thought about the chapter he had to illustrate for two days.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/jan/29thir.htm   (1091 words)

  
 India Vision 2020 :: International Thirukkural Conference: A Message by Dr. APJ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
Thirukkural written by Thiruvalluvar is one of the most notable literary and ethical treatises in the Indian languages.
Thirukkural is one of the few literary works that have survived over the past two thousand years and is regarded as relevant even today.
Thirukkural has been translated in more than 30 languages, and is the most translated book on ethics in the world next only to the Bible and the Koran.
www.india2020.org.in /forum/viewtopic.php?t=325   (428 words)

  
 Thirukkural -  திருக்குறள் -  One of the ...
Based on the fact that ThirukkuRaL is referred to in MaNi mEkalai, a later literary classic, Zvelebil (1995) has concluded that the date should be c.
The third attribute of ThirukkuRaL lies in its secular and cosmopolitan view of righteousness which would be acceptable to mankind as a whole, transcending linguistic, religious and national boundaries.
In a world divided and torn on the basis of religion and language, the Thamizh people can be proud to have in their ancient literature a work which has the moral dictum to alleviate the social and ethical dilemmas facing the world today.
www.tamilnation.org /literature/kural   (2827 words)

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