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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... rice grew up , by my miserable fate grew up only chaff . " Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well . ' ' 84. அதிஷ்டமும் ஐசுவரியமும் ஒருவர் பங்கல்ல . Good fortune and riches are never one man's ...
... rice grew up , by my miserable fate grew up only chaff . " Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well . ' ' 84. அதிஷ்டமும் ஐசுவரியமும் ஒருவர் பங்கல்ல . Good fortune and riches are never one man's ...
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... rice he beat the mortar . Being angry with a superior whom he cannot harm he ill - treats some one in his power . Cf. சுடாமல் சுடுகிறது , to burn without burning , to punish indirectly , or : ஒன்றைச் ...
... rice he beat the mortar . Being angry with a superior whom he cannot harm he ill - treats some one in his power . Cf. சுடாமல் சுடுகிறது , to burn without burning , to punish indirectly , or : ஒன்றைச் ...
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... rice abused the woman who was boiling it , and she threw it all into his lap , and the hot water in which it was boiled drained away from the rice ; soaked through his clothes and scalded him . " Pride goes befóre and shame follows ...
... rice abused the woman who was boiling it , and she threw it all into his lap , and the hot water in which it was boiled drained away from the rice ; soaked through his clothes and scalded him . " Pride goes befóre and shame follows ...
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... rice tied up in a cloth ( provision for a journey ) , and a word you have learned , how long will these last ? The food will be eaten up at the first stopping place and a thing learnt as a parrot learns is soon forgotten . Said of one ...
... rice tied up in a cloth ( provision for a journey ) , and a word you have learned , how long will these last ? The food will be eaten up at the first stopping place and a thing learnt as a parrot learns is soon forgotten . Said of one ...
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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 |