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Tirukkural Translations

A Careful and impartial survey of the great books of the world found in any of the ancient and modern languages of the world would reveal that there are not many strong contenders for the title of the book of the world. The vision of life embodied in most of them suffers from certain inexcusable limitations which have rendered them obsolete. Compared to the rest, Tirukkural is the only work which takes all aspects of human life into consideration and remains relevant despite the massive changes that have taken place in every walk of life and the scientific discoveries about the vastness of the expanding universe. In his emphasis on the oneness of mankind, in his focus on life here and now, in his rejection of all superstitious beliefs about how the world came into being and how it is going to end, about what happens before birth and after death, in his indifference to wild conjectures relating to man- god relationship, and in his unwavering advocacy of an eclectic fusion of meaningful principles from the various religions of his time, Va??uvar is unique and has no worthy rival for the top position.

 

The fact that Tirukkural has received universal approbation is evident from the comments made by the leading thinkers of the world including Albert Schweitzer, F.W.Ellis, Rev.G.U.Pope, Sri Aurobindo, Tolstoy and Gandhiji. Though written about more than two thousand years ago, it steers clear of religion, nationalism, race, tribe, language, caste and creed and teaches numerous lessions valid not only for its own time but for all the centuries to come.

Central Institute of Classical Tamil has proposed to bring out authentic translations of this great work into the following languages:

 

Foreign Languages (10)
1. Bahasa (Indonesia)
2. Burmese (Myanmar)
3. Fijian
4. Irish
5. Khmer (Cambodia)
6. Kriol
7. Malay
8. Mongolian
9. Thai (Thailand)
10. Vietnamese

 

Scheduled languages in India (10)
1. Assamese
2. Bengali
3. Bodo
4. Dogri
5. Kashmiri
6. Konkani
7. Maithili
8. Sanskrit
9. Santali
10. Sindhi

 

Non-Scheduled languages in India (66)
1. Adi
2. Angami
3. Ao
4. Avadi
5. Badaga
6. Bhili
7. Bhojpuri
8. Garo
9. Gondi
10. Gorkhali
11. Halbi
12. Hmar
13. Ho
14. Irula
15. Kabui
16. Karbi/Mikir
17. Kattunayakar
18. Khandeshi
19. Kharia
20. Khasi
21. Kinnauri
22. Koda
23. Kodava
24. Kokborok
25. Kolami
26. Konda
27. Konyak
28. Koraga
29. Korku
30. Koya
31. Kui
32. Kuki
33. Kurukh
34. Kurumba
35. Kuvi
36. Ladakhi
37. Lahnda
38. Liangmei
39. Lotha
40. Magahi
41. Malto
42. Miri
43. Mizo
44. Munda
45. Mundari
46. Nicobarese
47. Nissi/Dafla
48. Nyishi
49. Oraom
50. Oraon
51. Paite
52. Paniya
53. Phom
54. Rabha
55. Saurashtra
56. Savara
57. Tangkhul
58. Thado
59. Thadou
60. Tibetan
61. Toda
62. Tulu
63. Vaiphei
64. Vakri poli
65. Yimchunagre
66. Zemi

List of Published Tirukkural Translations

Sl.No. Cover Image Title Author Published Year Language Price
1.

A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ, Vol – I (Aṟattuppāl) - English

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A. A. Manavalan

2010

English

Rs. 800.00

2.

Tirukkuṟaḷ in Punjabi

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Tarlochan Singh Bedi

2012

Punjabi

Rs.300.00

3.

Tirukkuṟaḷ in Kannada

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Dr. S. Srinivasan, [Tr.]

2014, 2022 (2nd Edition)

Kannada

Rs.500.00

4.

A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ, Volume – 2 (Poruṭpāl) - English

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A. A. Manavalan, [Comp., & Ed.]

2021

English

Rs.1000.00

 

5.

A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ, Volume – 3 (Kāmattuppāl) - English

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A. A. Manavalan, [Comp., & Ed.]

2021

English

Rs.400.00

6.

Tirukkuṟaḷ in Manipuri

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Dr. Soibam Rebika Devi, [Tr.]

2012

Manipuri

Rs.300.00

7.

Tirukkuṟaḷ in Telugu

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Dr.S. Jayaprakash, [Tr.]

2021

Telugu

Rs.500.00

8.

Tirukkuṟaḷ in Gujarati

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P.C. Kokila, [Tr.]

2015

Gujarati

Rs.500.00

9.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Malayalam

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N. Manoharan (Translator)   

2022

Malayalam

Rs.600.00

10.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Marathi

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N. Lalitha (Translator)

2022

Marathi

Rs.500.00

11.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Urdu

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Amanulla M. B. (Translator)   

2022

Urdu

Rs.550.00

12.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Odia

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Giribala Mohanty (Translator)  .

2022

Odia

Rs.560.00

13.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Arabic

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Basheer Ahmad Jamal.  (Translator)

 

 

2022

Arabic

Rs.1300.00

14.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Vāgri Bōli

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Dr. G. Srinivasa Varma (Translator)  

2022

Vagri Boli

Rs.400.00

15.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Badaga

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C. P. Krishniah (Translator)

2022

Badaga

Rs.550.00

16.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Persian

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S. Sathappan (Translator)

2022

Persian

Rs.700.00

17.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Nepali

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Sunita Dahal (Translator)   

2022

Nepali

Rs.700.00

18.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Saurashtri

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T. R. Damodaran (Translator)

2022

Saurashtri

Rs.700.00

19.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Sanskrit

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S. Rajagopalan (Translator).

2022

Sanskrit

Rs.600.00

20.

तTirukkuṟaḷ - Hindi

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Dr. M. Govindarajan (Translator)

2023

Hindi

Rs.800.00

21.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Khmer

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Thang Rou (Translator)

2022

Khmer

Rs.900.00

22.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Maithili

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Ramchandra Roy (Translator)

2023

 Maithili

Rs.600.00

23.       

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Assamese

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B. Vijayakumar (Translator)

2023

Assamese

Rs.800.00

24.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Dogri

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Vineet Budki (Translator)

2023

Dogri

Rs.300.00

25.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Bhojpuri

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Harish Chandra Mishra (Translator),

2023

Bhojpuri

Rs.1000.00

26.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Tulu

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Sayeegeetha & Meenakshi A (Translators)

2023

Tulu

Rs.1200.00

27.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Koraga

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Babu Koraga,  Sayeegeetha & Meenakshi A (Translators)

2023

Koraga

Rs.1000.00

28.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Kodava

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Revathi C. M. (Translator)

2023

Kodava

Rs.900.00

29.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Bodo

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Rupali  Swargiary, B. Vijayakumar (Translators)

2023

Bodo

Rs.800.00

30.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Awadhi

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Ramlakhan Prajapati Pratagarhi (Translator),

2023

Awadhi

Rs.1000.00

31.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Kashmiri

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Beena Budki (Translator)

2023

Kashmiri

Rs.1000.00

32.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Creole(Morisien translation)

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Uma Allaghery (Translator)

2023

Morisien

Rs.1000.00

33.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Burmese

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Parimala Devi Thinagara Suwami (Translator)

 

 

 

2023

Burmese

Rs.1000.00

34.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Danish

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Anjaly Ratnam , Keerthana Amirthalingam, Roshana - Jasmin Simon & Sumeka Sriskaran (Translators)

2023

Danish

Rs.1000.00

35.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Japanese

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Balamurugan Kasinathan (Translator)

2023

Japanese

Rs.1000.00

36.

Tirukkuṟaḷ - Malay

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Arulselvan Raju (Translator)

2023

Malay

Rs.1000.00

37.

Tirukkuṟaḷ (English Translation)

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V.V.S. Ayyar (Translator)

2024

English

Rs.500.00

38.

Tirukkuṟaḷ mūlamum āyvuraiyum

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P. Marudhanayagam

2024

Tamil

Rs.500.00

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