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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... think, talk, move and behave in every way like man. Nay, some animals in those ancient days seem even to have been reading the Vedas. The Aryans have given life. to all their animals. The Dravidians, on the contrary, seem not to have ...
... think, talk, move and behave in every way like man. Nay, some animals in those ancient days seem even to have been reading the Vedas. The Aryans have given life. to all their animals. The Dravidians, on the contrary, seem not to have ...
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... think, To hold the wayward wind, as tame man's heart. Krishna. Hero long armed ! beyond denial, hard Man's heart is to restrain and wavering; Yet may it grow restrained by habit, Prince ! By want of self-command. This Yog, I say, Gometh ...
... think, To hold the wayward wind, as tame man's heart. Krishna. Hero long armed ! beyond denial, hard Man's heart is to restrain and wavering; Yet may it grow restrained by habit, Prince ! By want of self-command. This Yog, I say, Gometh ...
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... think it is our duty, when we meet with pandit-refined proverbs to bring them back to their original form. I could give many examples of this kind, but I shall confine myself to one : wet/MB”an @amem or 549.11.: adrg/Lb wavu': Eldrgoli ...
... think it is our duty, when we meet with pandit-refined proverbs to bring them back to their original form. I could give many examples of this kind, but I shall confine myself to one : wet/MB”an @amem or 549.11.: adrg/Lb wavu': Eldrgoli ...
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... thinks one thing, God thinks another. figsvnéigég crfifionra'sg aaioer? No word can go against God's word. aware-611694211 fimsngwair. He who is ever active is never moved. Hibnurrarg ,565126515 gqgcungn'huna asap (51146291115? ,aa'rr ...
... thinks one thing, God thinks another. figsvnéigég crfifionra'sg aaioer? No word can go against God's word. aware-611694211 fimsngwair. He who is ever active is never moved. Hibnurrarg ,565126515 gqgcungn'huna asap (51146291115? ,aa'rr ...
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... thinks his behaviour straighter than a straight line. “ Folly is wise in her own eyes.” “ Ignorance is the mother of impatience.” Faults of other men ye question, Not the fault that ye have done ! Like chaff your neighbour's vices ...
... thinks his behaviour straighter than a straight line. “ Folly is wise in her own eyes.” “ Ignorance is the mother of impatience.” Faults of other men ye question, Not the fault that ye have done ! Like chaff your neighbour's vices ...
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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