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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Anger, pride, arrogance, selfishness, avarice, passion, dissimulation, falsehood and many more sins that keep society at a low level, are all of them universal, and it is with such that the proverbs deal. The Rev.
Anger, pride, arrogance, selfishness, avarice, passion, dissimulation, falsehood and many more sins that keep society at a low level, are all of them universal, and it is with such that the proverbs deal. The Rev.
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Do. keeping it up Arrogance . . . .. .. Authority ... . v . Do. tyranny D0. having another person in one's power D0. overbearing subordinate Do. a master necessary everywhere Do. miscellaneous .. Do. like master, like servant Do. many ...
Do. keeping it up Arrogance . . . .. .. Authority ... . v . Do. tyranny D0. having another person in one's power D0. overbearing subordinate Do. a master necessary everywhere Do. miscellaneous .. Do. like master, like servant Do. many ...
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sau'whs' (956)}; Q'sufio/Lb G'szrwé QanQfigg. God who deprived him of sight gave him a staff (i.e., mental acuteness). “ God never shuts one door, but he opens another.” “ A blind man's 10'1ng is in God's keeping.” (Kashmir-i Proverb.) ...
sau'whs' (956)}; Q'sufio/Lb G'szrwé QanQfigg. God who deprived him of sight gave him a staff (i.e., mental acuteness). “ God never shuts one door, but he opens another.” “ A blind man's 10'1ng is in God's keeping.” (Kashmir-i Proverb.) ...
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If you look at men's faults you will have-no friends. “ Deem the best of every doubt, till the truth be tried out.” set fiDH fireflies we _ . One's own faults are an opportunity for others. 7412. “ The vulgar keep no account; ...
If you look at men's faults you will have-no friends. “ Deem the best of every doubt, till the truth be tried out.” set fiDH fireflies we _ . One's own faults are an opportunity for others. 7412. “ The vulgar keep no account; ...
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If one forgets something somewhere and the people of the place keep the forgotten property as their own, it will be injurious both to them and to their ofi-spring. G'w/rwslraab aLbuerfl Gasman). A person who cheats and ruins will ...
If one forgets something somewhere and the people of the place keep the forgotten property as their own, it will be injurious both to them and to their ofi-spring. G'w/rwslraab aLbuerfl Gasman). A person who cheats and ruins will ...
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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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