A Classical Collection of Tamil ProverbsFirst Published in 2000. This is volume XIII of 14 in the Oriental Series based on India and its language and literature and is concerned with a collection of Tamil proverbs, along with translations and explanations. |
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Sci-.1 these days I got no insight whatever into the real household proverbs, but had almost to rest satisfied with the many aphorisms, or what we in Tamil A call Igfianifi, of which we find large numbers in all our Tamil proverb ...
Sci-.1 these days I got no insight whatever into the real household proverbs, but had almost to rest satisfied with the many aphorisms, or what we in Tamil A call Igfianifi, of which we find large numbers in all our Tamil proverb ...
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When comparing the Tamil proverbs with the Telugu ones, we find a good number almost word for ,word the same. And I remember when once walking with a friend in the streets of Poona, that he quoted two Marathi proverbs, both of which we ...
When comparing the Tamil proverbs with the Telugu ones, we find a good number almost word for ,word the same. And I remember when once walking with a friend in the streets of Poona, that he quoted two Marathi proverbs, both of which we ...
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... find them all out, It; order that I might not in this collection repeat two proverbs the1 are the same. Here are a few examples of this kinda—aainm'flei) QSIJ'taJa'; swhqdurr/i aaerLfl=5aiurmfleil LJLiL.. meow; ...
... find them all out, It; order that I might not in this collection repeat two proverbs the1 are the same. Here are a few examples of this kinda—aainm'flei) QSIJ'taJa'; swhqdurr/i aaerLfl=5aiurmfleil LJLiL.. meow; ...
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And consequently Percival left out the application, although he says that foreigners destined to spend the best part of their life among the Tamil people will find their proverbs of inestimable value. But in many cases a Tamil proverb ...
And consequently Percival left out the application, although he says that foreigners destined to spend the best part of their life among the Tamil people will find their proverbs of inestimable value. But in many cases a Tamil proverb ...
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... need less explanation ; for apart from a few that are misplaced, the heading of each chapter -—though in many cases it has been difficult to find an adequate heading—gives the key to the meaning of all that are included under it.
... need less explanation ; for apart from a few that are misplaced, the heading of each chapter -—though in many cases it has been difficult to find an adequate heading—gives the key to the meaning of all that are included under it.
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Inhalt
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INDEX OF THE FIRST WORD OF EACH PROVERB | 405 |
AN INDEX OF NONINITIAL WORDS FROM THE BODY OF THE PROVERBS | 443 |
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bear beat beauty become better body born Brahmin break bring called carry caste child cloth comes dance daughter death desire destroyed devil drink evil eyes face fall father faults fear find fire first fool fruit gain girl give given goes gold hair hand head heart Hindu hold horse husband India ironically keep king learning leaves live look lost man’s married master meaning measure milk mother mother-in-law mouth never once one’s person poor prosperity proverb quarrel referred rice river ruined seek seen servant snake sorrow speak stone story Tamil tell things thinks thousand tree trouble truth village wedding wicked wife woman women young
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | A Classical Collection of Tamil Proverbs |
| Autor/in | Herman Jensen |
| Verlag | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1136387773, 9781136387777 |
| Länge | 528 Seiten |
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