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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... and at the same time becoming acquainted with more and more of the proverbs, my interest in them steadily increased. And whenever I met with a new proverb either when talking with the people or reading Tamil books, I always looked ...
... and at the same time becoming acquainted with more and more of the proverbs, my interest in them steadily increased. And whenever I met with a new proverb either when talking with the people or reading Tamil books, I always looked ...
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The same is the case with a number of proverbs, which, just because they are in common use all over the country, have become slightly altered when wandering about the country from place to place and from caste to caste.
The same is the case with a number of proverbs, which, just because they are in common use all over the country, have become slightly altered when wandering about the country from place to place and from caste to caste.
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Whatever is done to an ass, it cannot become a horse; in this sense the horse is used for something great and grand. But as the animals are brought in only in order to illustrate, and not for their own sake at all, they are of little ...
Whatever is done to an ass, it cannot become a horse; in this sense the horse is used for something great and grand. But as the animals are brought in only in order to illustrate, and not for their own sake at all, they are of little ...
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D0. little evils destroy much good D0. great things cannot be done by small means D0. little things will not become bigthings... Do. he who can do great things, can easily do little things Do. he who cannot accom ...
D0. little evils destroy much good D0. great things cannot be done by small means D0. little things will not become bigthings... Do. he who can do great things, can easily do little things Do. he who cannot accom ...
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By meditation on God the spiritual wisdom in man, which is unilluminated will become radiant. (Upanishad.) ...
By meditation on God the spiritual wisdom in man, which is unilluminated will become radiant. (Upanishad.) ...
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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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