A Classical Collection of Tamil ProverbsRoutledge, 15.10.2013 - 528 Seiten First 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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Seite xiii
... heart of men Is unfixed , Krishna ! rash , tumultuous , Wilful and strong . It were all one , To hold the wayward wind , as tame man's heart . I think , Hero long armed ! beyond denial , hard Man's heart is to restrain and wavering ...
... heart of men Is unfixed , Krishna ! rash , tumultuous , Wilful and strong . It were all one , To hold the wayward wind , as tame man's heart . I think , Hero long armed ! beyond denial , hard Man's heart is to restrain and wavering ...
Seite xiv
... heart for its future , and in most cases the foundation laid by the mother or by the women of the home , has a most important effect on the moral life afterwards . In this case India is no exception to the rule . But from where does the ...
... heart for its future , and in most cases the foundation laid by the mother or by the women of the home , has a most important effect on the moral life afterwards . In this case India is no exception to the rule . But from where does the ...
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... heart . Nothing else can throw so much light on the daily practice of the Indians as do the proverbs . And if one could publish the obscene ones also , which often contain most striking truths , we should see still deeper into the ...
... heart . Nothing else can throw so much light on the daily practice of the Indians as do the proverbs . And if one could publish the obscene ones also , which often contain most striking truths , we should see still deeper into the ...
Seite xvii
... heart of their fellows , have ever been great employers of proverbs . " Pandits when inserting proverbs in the books they have made , or in books translated by them , have often tried to refine the langu- age in which they are expressed ...
... heart of their fellows , have ever been great employers of proverbs . " Pandits when inserting proverbs in the books they have made , or in books translated by them , have often tried to refine the langu- age in which they are expressed ...
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... Heart 297 Little things 222 Heaven 13 Do. little evils destroy Help 235 much good 223 Hereditary characteristics and Do. great things cannot natural instincts 229 be done by small Hindrance 206 means 224 Hopes , deceived 109 Do. little ...
... Heart 297 Little things 222 Heaven 13 Do. little evils destroy Help 235 much good 223 Hereditary characteristics and Do. great things cannot natural instincts 229 be done by small Hindrance 206 means 224 Hopes , deceived 109 Do. little ...
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 |