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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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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... as they can at once find out for themselves where the words horse, elephant, monkey, snake, poison, medicine, doctor, Brahmin, Pariah, Chetty, rain, wind, sickle, thali, husband, wife, woman, destiny and such like words appear.
... as they can at once find out for themselves where the words horse, elephant, monkey, snake, poison, medicine, doctor, Brahmin, Pariah, Chetty, rain, wind, sickle, thali, husband, wife, woman, destiny and such like words appear.
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The old woman finished her ten miles, and so did the horse. The story is that a men having performed the proper religious ceremonie hastily mounted his horse and set off for heaven. At the some time an old. woman performed some ...
The old woman finished her ten miles, and so did the horse. The story is that a men having performed the proper religious ceremonie hastily mounted his horse and set off for heaven. At the some time an old. woman performed some ...
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The anger he felt towards his elder brother, he cooled on the dog. “ He that cannot beat his horse beats the saddle.” gyon liltcavigathnoinGl, auto) ...
The anger he felt towards his elder brother, he cooled on the dog. “ He that cannot beat his horse beats the saddle.” gyon liltcavigathnoinGl, auto) ...
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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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