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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At Bombay I once happened to 'look into a Marathi proverb collection, and when I asked for a translation of the first proverb in the book I found it to be ours : “ The dancing girl, who could not dance, said that the hall was not big ...
At Bombay I once happened to 'look into a Marathi proverb collection, and when I asked for a translation of the first proverb in the book I found it to be ours : “ The dancing girl, who could not dance, said that the hall was not big ...
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... it seems to me that it is only when we have arranged the proverbs in groups or families that we are able to see what the proverbs teach us. I do not look a upon the arrangement introduced by Inc as'at all final. Far PREFACE. 1X.
... it seems to me that it is only when we have arranged the proverbs in groups or families that we are able to see what the proverbs teach us. I do not look a upon the arrangement introduced by Inc as'at all final. Far PREFACE. 1X.
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Look for instance at'the family on ostentation or LLBULlJ—Ol'le of the chief Indian sins, according to the proverbs at least—in what a variety of language is vanity rebuked ! Another , advantage of the family arrangement is that as a ...
Look for instance at'the family on ostentation or LLBULlJ—Ol'le of the chief Indian sins, according to the proverbs at least—in what a variety of language is vanity rebuked ! Another , advantage of the family arrangement is that as a ...
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Whether we look to the West or to the East we find that figurative speech always has great influence over the masses. I suppose this was the reason why Jesus, who “knew what was in man,” “spake unto the multitude in parables; ...
Whether we look to the West or to the East we find that figurative speech always has great influence over the masses. I suppose this was the reason why Jesus, who “knew what was in man,” “spake unto the multitude in parables; ...
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By a good knowledge of Indian proverbs one is enabled, as it were, to feel. the moral pulse of the Indian people, and a sound insight into the proverbial literature of India is like getting a microscope by which one can look deeply into ...
By a good knowledge of Indian proverbs one is enabled, as it were, to feel. the moral pulse of the Indian people, and a sound insight into the proverbial literature of India is like getting a microscope by which one can look deeply into ...
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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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