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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I had read only a couple of small Tamil story books, but when reading these I had already perceived that the Indians could hardly tell a story without introducing some proverbs into it. My attention was thus at an early period of my ...
I had read only a couple of small Tamil story books, but when reading these I had already perceived that the Indians could hardly tell a story without introducing some proverbs into it. My attention was thus at an early period of my ...
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The other books from which I have chiefly drawn are the Tamil story books and Sastras. ... Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri's “ Folklore in Southern India,” which has a number of proverbs and Tamil stories to illustrate them.
The other books from which I have chiefly drawn are the Tamil story books and Sastras. ... Pandit S. M. Natesa Sastri's “ Folklore in Southern India,” which has a number of proverbs and Tamil stories to illustrate them.
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Many of the proverbs are imperfectly explained, partly because their meaning has not been fullyygrasped, and partly because many of them to be well understood ought to have a little story attached to them. They might be divided into ...
Many of the proverbs are imperfectly explained, partly because their meaning has not been fullyygrasped, and partly because many of them to be well understood ought to have a little story attached to them. They might be divided into ...
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Perhaps some old grandmother, when telling stories to women and children inside the houses who are half asleep on their mats, may make some use of them. But we men of the nineteenth century, what on earth have we to do with obsolete ...
Perhaps some old grandmother, when telling stories to women and children inside the houses who are half asleep on their mats, may make some use of them. But we men of the nineteenth century, what on earth have we to do with obsolete ...
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Legends, stories and proverbs are her storehouse ; from these she obtains material for rebuking, for sneering, for warning, for encouraging, for comforting and for praising. The proverbs and maxims are India's practical ethics.
Legends, stories and proverbs are her storehouse ; from these she obtains material for rebuking, for sneering, for warning, for encouraging, for comforting and for praising. The proverbs and maxims are India's practical ethics.
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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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