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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... meaning . So in those days I got no insight whatever into the real household proverbs , but had almost to rest satisfied with the many aphorisms , or what we in Tamil call , of which we find large numbers in all our Tamil proverb ...
... meaning . So in those days I got no insight whatever into the real household proverbs , but had almost to rest satisfied with the many aphorisms , or what we in Tamil call , of which we find large numbers in all our Tamil proverb ...
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... meaning of the proverbs , not as some pandits may please to explain them , but as common men and women understand them , when they use them in their every day life . Another difficulty , again , was to have these thousands of proverbs ...
... meaning of the proverbs , not as some pandits may please to explain them , but as common men and women understand them , when they use them in their every day life . Another difficulty , again , was to have these thousands of proverbs ...
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... a hint as to its meaning . The other books from which I have chiefly drawn are the Tamil story books and Sastras . Of such I shall mention a few : F , கதாசிந்தாமணி , பஞ்சதந்திரம் , கிளிக்கதை ...
... a hint as to its meaning . The other books from which I have chiefly drawn are the Tamil story books and Sastras . Of such I shall mention a few : F , கதாசிந்தாமணி , பஞ்சதந்திரம் , கிளிக்கதை ...
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... meaning . Take as an instance Percival's : - இளையாள் இலை தின்னி , மூத்தாள் காய் அறி aar , translated : " the younger sister feeds on leaves , the elder is accustomed to fruit ; " in this case the ...
... meaning . Take as an instance Percival's : - இளையாள் இலை தின்னி , மூத்தாள் காய் அறி aar , translated : " the younger sister feeds on leaves , the elder is accustomed to fruit ; " in this case the ...
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... meaning has not been fully grasped , and partly because many of them to be well understood ought to have a little story attached to them . They might be divided into more families , and all the minor families might again be grouped into ...
... meaning has not been fully grasped , and partly because many of them to be well understood ought to have a little story attached to them . They might be divided into more families , and all the minor families might again be grouped into ...
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 |