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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By proverbs the shrewd and avaricious Brahmin is criticised; the calculating and careful Chetty is held up to ridicule or indirectly praised,- the shepherd's stupidity and the kuravan's rudeness is brought out; the ungrateful and ...
By proverbs the shrewd and avaricious Brahmin is criticised; the calculating and careful Chetty is held up to ridicule or indirectly praised,- the shepherd's stupidity and the kuravan's rudeness is brought out; the ungrateful and ...
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... monkey, snake, poison, medicine, doctor, Brahmin, Pariah, Chetty, rain, wind, sickle, thali, husband, wife, woman, destiny and such like words appear. I have in conclusion to express my thanks to all who have helped me in this work.
... monkey, snake, poison, medicine, doctor, Brahmin, Pariah, Chetty, rain, wind, sickle, thali, husband, wife, woman, destiny and such like words appear. I have in conclusion to express my thanks to all who have helped me in this work.
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... fiddunein The Brahmin in the next house breeds a quarrel and settles it. He gains honour or profit by settling quarrels that he has himself aroused. 256, 264, 271. “ Reynard is still Reynard, though he put on a cowl.
... fiddunein The Brahmin in the next house breeds a quarrel and settles it. He gains honour or profit by settling quarrels that he has himself aroused. 256, 264, 271. “ Reynard is still Reynard, though he put on a cowl.
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Potters are never Vaishnavas; but the potters at Srirangam were compelled by the Vaishnava Brahmins to putfithe Vaishnava mark on their foreheads; otherwise the Brahmins ... When rebuked for so doing by a Brahmin, he replied as above.
Potters are never Vaishnavas; but the potters at Srirangam were compelled by the Vaishnava Brahmins to putfithe Vaishnava mark on their foreheads; otherwise the Brahmins ... When rebuked for so doing by a Brahmin, he replied as above.
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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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