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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... as Captain Carr has tried to do in his collection of Telugu proverbs. If this is not done, they cannot but give the inex perienced student of proverbs a great deal of trouble; and to me they have been a real worry, ...
... as Captain Carr has tried to do in his collection of Telugu proverbs. If this is not done, they cannot but give the inex perienced student of proverbs a great deal of trouble; and to me they have been a real worry, ...
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In Indian. woman has had no trouble in dressing up in .order to make an attractive appearance in Society, as her parents arranged her marriage for her while she was still a child. Even if she is a monkey—exceedingly ugly—~she will be ...
In Indian. woman has had no trouble in dressing up in .order to make an attractive appearance in Society, as her parents arranged her marriage for her while she was still a child. Even if she is a monkey—exceedingly ugly—~she will be ...
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Why take so much trouble about these proverbs ? What is the. good of it? Who cares for theseobsolete childish things ? Perhaps some old grandmother, when telling stories to women and children inside the houses who are half asleep on ...
Why take so much trouble about these proverbs ? What is the. good of it? Who cares for theseobsolete childish things ? Perhaps some old grandmother, when telling stories to women and children inside the houses who are half asleep on ...
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Like the wood-apple eaten by the elephant. Though it swallowed this hardshelled fruit whole, only the hell could be found in its stomach, the pulp had all been digested. In this way wealth disappears leaving only trouble. 2034.
Like the wood-apple eaten by the elephant. Though it swallowed this hardshelled fruit whole, only the hell could be found in its stomach, the pulp had all been digested. In this way wealth disappears leaving only trouble. 2034.
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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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