About Patiṉeṇ kīḻkkaṇakku - Tirukkuṟaḷ
Tirukkuṟaḷ, composed on the two line kuṟaṭpā metre, is the greatest work among all ethical treatises in the history of Tamil literature. It is an absolutely secular masterpiece, compellingly universal in content and perspective. It was written by Tiruvaḷḷuvar. Tirukkuṟaḷ probably belongs to the first century B.C. It comprises 133 decades, is divided into 3 books. The first book on Virtue (Aṟattuppāl) consists of 4 introductory decades, 20 on a householder, 14 on an ideal ascetic, with a total of 38 decades. The second on Material life (Poruṭpāl) consists of 70 decades on the king, the state and the citizen. The third book on Sexual Love (Kāmattuppāl), comprising 25 decades, has 7 on premarital love and and 18 on wedded love. This is the only work which has to its credit more than ten commentaries by commentators like Parimēlaḻakar, Maṇakkuṭavar, Paritiyār and Paripperumāḷ. It has been translated into most of the principal languages of the world.
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| S.No | Details of the Book | Year | Category | Download |
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| 1 | Tirukkural on Virtue (Aṟappāl) (Commentator: F.W. Ellis) | 1812 | Commentary & Translation |  |
| 2 | Tirukkuṟaḷ and Nālaṭināṉūṟu Texts (Editor: Tāṇṭavarāya Mudaliyār; Publication: Church Mission Press) | 1831 | Text | |
| 3 | Tirukkuṟaḷ Text with Parimēlaḻakar’s Commentary (Editor: Āṟumukanāvalar; Publication: Vāṇinikētaṉa Press, Cheṉṉapaṭṭaṇam) | 1861 | Commentary | |
| 4 | A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ Translations in English – Vol.I (Aṟattuppāl) (Compiler & Editor: A.A. Manavalan; Publication: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai) | 2010 | Translation | |
| 5 | Tirukkuṟaḷ in Punjabi (Translator: Dr. Tarlochan Singh Bedi; Publication: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai) | 2012 | Translation | |
| 6 | Tirukkuṟaḷ in Manipuri (Translator: Soibam Rebika Devi; Publication: Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai) | 2012 | Translation | |
| 7 | Na Tirukurala (Fizi) (Translator: Samuel L. Berwick; Publication: Sri Ramakrishna Mission, Chennai.) | 1964 | Translation | |
| 8 | तिरुवल्लुवर की वाणी (Translator: T.E.S. Raghavan; Publication: Vasantha Book Trust, Chennai.) | 1986 | Translation | |
| 9 | Tirukkuṟaḷ kāmattuppāl kāliṅkarurai - paripperumāḷurai(Editor: D.P. Palaniyappa Pillai; Published by: Thiruvenkateswaran Fine Arts Research Institute- Tirupati) | 1945 | Commentary | |
| 10 | 108 Gems form the Sacred Tirukkural (Translator: T.V. Parameshwar Iyer;) | 1905 | Translation | |
| 11 | The CURAL Arathupal Part -1 (Translator: Ramanuja cavi Rayar Publisher: American Mission Press Madras) | 1840 | Commentary | |
| 14 | Tirukkural Bengali Translation (Translator:Srilinimohan Sanyal ,Publisher:Bengali-Sahitya-Parishad Temple, Calcutta) | 1937 | Translation | |
| 15 | Tirukkural – Burmese Translation (Translator:K.P.Ratnam ,Publisher:Kanbe Nathutho sotha chittiya Education) | 1969 | Translation | |
16 | The KURAL in Chinese (Translator: Cheng His, Publisher; Dept.of Indian Studies University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur) | 1967 | Translation | |
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17 | Tirukkural in Gujarathi(Translator: Kantilal L. Kalani;Publisher: Shri Ishwarbhai J.patel,Ahemdabad) | 1971 | Translation | |
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18 | Tirukkural (Hindi) ( Translator: M.G. Venkatakrishnan, Publisher; Shakti Finance Ltd, Madras) | 1967 | Translation | |
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19 | Tiruvaḷḷuvanāyaṉār aruḷicceyta kuṟaḷ mūlamum cukāttiya iyaṟṟiya karutturayaṭṭavaṇaiyum poḻippuraiyum (Author: Sukathyar; Published by: Lawrence Aslam Press, Chennai.) | 1889 | Commentary | |
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20 | Tirukkural in Telugu ( Translator: Valluvamoorthy;Publisher: P.T.Lee. Chengalroya Naiker’s Orphanage Press) | 1892 | Translation | |
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21 | Tirukkural with English Couplets ( Translator: Yogi shuddandnda Bharathi ; Publisher: Saiva Siddhanata Works Publishing Society Tinnevelly Limited, Madras) | 1982 | Translation | |