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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... thing , they are in most cases not synonymous . In the chapter on a mother , it is at once evident that most of the proverbs have little or nothing connecting them but this , that they refer to a mother . In the same chapter we get also ...
... thing , they are in most cases not synonymous . In the chapter on a mother , it is at once evident that most of the proverbs have little or nothing connecting them but this , that they refer to a mother . In the same chapter we get also ...
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... thing ! Woman's dress plays a part in English proverbs , but it is jewelry which is here the all - important thing ; hence the tailor's shop plays the same part in Europe as the gold- smith's in India . In India a woman has had no ...
... thing ! Woman's dress plays a part in English proverbs , but it is jewelry which is here the all - important thing ; hence the tailor's shop plays the same part in Europe as the gold- smith's in India . In India a woman has had no ...
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... things ? 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 ...
... things ? 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 ...
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... things right . As already said , the Indian mothers nurse their sons and daughters with them . By proverbs satire is pronounced over folly and over wickedness . By a proverb a crowd or a household is made to smile pleasantly , that ...
... things right . As already said , the Indian mothers nurse their sons and daughters with them . By proverbs satire is pronounced over folly and over wickedness . By a proverb a crowd or a household is made to smile pleasantly , that ...
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... thing , as it may be a most insignificant word , an is or is or is or 9 or any other little word which has no relation to the meaning of the proverb . I have , however , furnished the book with an index , or alphabetical glossary ...
... thing , as it may be a most insignificant word , an is or is or is or 9 or any other little word which has no relation to the meaning of the proverb . I have , however , furnished the book with an index , or alphabetical glossary ...
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 |