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 |
A. A. Manavalan |
2010 |
English |
Rs. 800.00 |
| 2. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ in Punjabi |
Tarlochan Singh Bedi |
2012 |
Punjabi |
Rs.300.00 |
| 3. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ in Kannada |
Dr. S. Srinivasan, [Tr.] |
2014, 2022 (2nd Edition) |
Kannada |
Rs.500.00 |
| 4. |  |
A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ, Volume – 2 (Poruṭpāl) - English |
A. A. Manavalan, [Comp., & Ed.] |
2021 |
English |
Rs.1000.00
|
| 5. |  |
A Compendium of Tirukkuṟaḷ, Volume – 3 (Kāmattuppāl) - English |
A. A. Manavalan, [Comp., & Ed.] |
2021 |
English |
Rs.400.00 |
| 6. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ in Manipuri |
Dr. Soibam Rebika Devi, [Tr.] |
2012 |
Manipuri |
Rs.300.00 |
| 7. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ in Telugu |
Dr.S. Jayaprakash, [Tr.] |
2021 |
Telugu |
Rs.500.00 |
| 8. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ in Gujarati |
P.C. Kokila, [Tr.] |
2015 |
Gujarati |
Rs.500.00 |
| 9. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Malayalam |
N. Manoharan (Translator) |
2022 |
Malayalam |
Rs.600.00 |
| 10. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Marathi |
N. Lalitha (Translator) |
2022 |
Marathi |
Rs.500.00 |
| 11. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Urdu |
Amanulla M. B. (Translator) |
2022 |
Urdu |
Rs.550.00 |
| 12. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Odia |
Giribala Mohanty (Translator) . |
2022 |
Odia |
Rs.560.00 |
| 13. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Arabic |
Basheer Ahmad Jamal. (Translator)
|
2022 |
Arabic |
Rs.1300.00 |
| 14. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Vāgri Bōli |
Dr. G. Srinivasa Varma (Translator) |
2022 |
Vagri Boli |
Rs.400.00 |
| 15. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Badaga |
C. P. Krishniah (Translator) |
2022 |
Badaga |
Rs.550.00 |
| 16. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Persian |
S. Sathappan (Translator) |
2022 |
Persian |
Rs.700.00 |
| 17. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Nepali |
Sunita Dahal (Translator) |
2022 |
Nepali |
Rs.700.00 |
| 18. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Saurashtri |
T. R. Damodaran (Translator) |
2022 |
Saurashtri |
Rs.700.00 |
| 19. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Sanskrit |
S. Rajagopalan (Translator). |
2022 |
Sanskrit |
Rs.600.00 |
| 20. | 
|
तTirukkuṟaḷ - Hindi |
Dr. M. Govindarajan (Translator) |
2023 |
Hindi |
Rs.800.00 |
| 21. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Khmer |
Thang Rou (Translator) |
2022 |
Khmer |
Rs.900.00 |
| 22. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Maithili |
Ramchandra Roy (Translator) |
2023 |
Maithili |
Rs.600.00 |
| 23. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Assamese |
B. Vijayakumar (Translator) |
2023 |
Assamese |
Rs.800.00 |
| 24. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Dogri |
Vineet Budki (Translator) |
2023 |
Dogri |
Rs.300.00 |
| 25. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Bhojpuri |
Harish Chandra Mishra (Translator), |
2023 |
Bhojpuri |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 26. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Tulu |
Sayeegeetha & Meenakshi A (Translators) |
2023 |
Tulu |
Rs.1200.00 |
| 27. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Koraga |
Babu Koraga, Sayeegeetha & Meenakshi A (Translators) |
2023 |
Koraga |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 28. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Kodava |
Revathi C. M. (Translator) |
2023 |
Kodava |
Rs.900.00 |
| 29. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Bodo |
Rupali Swargiary, B. Vijayakumar (Translators) |
2023 |
Bodo |
Rs.800.00 |
| 30. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Awadhi |
Ramlakhan Prajapati Pratagarhi (Translator), |
2023 |
Awadhi |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 31. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Kashmiri |
Beena Budki (Translator) |
2023 |
Kashmiri |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 32. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Creole(Morisien translation) |
Uma Allaghery (Translator) |
2023 |
Morisien |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 33. |
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Burmese |
Parimala Devi Thinagara Suwami (Translator)
|
2023 |
Burmese |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 34. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Danish |
Anjaly Ratnam , Keerthana Amirthalingam, Roshana - Jasmin Simon & Sumeka Sriskaran (Translators) |
2023 |
Danish |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 35. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Japanese |
Balamurugan Kasinathan (Translator) |
2023 |
Japanese |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 36. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ - Malay |
Arulselvan Raju (Translator) |
2023 |
Malay |
Rs.1000.00 |
| 37. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ (English Translation) |
V.V.S. Ayyar (Translator) |
2024 |
English |
Rs.500.00 |
| 38. | 
|
Tirukkuṟaḷ mūlamum āyvuraiyum |
P. Marudhanayagam |
2024 |
Tamil |
Rs.500.00 |
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