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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Seite iv
... women understand them , when they use them in their every day life . Another difficulty , again , was to have these thousands of proverbs before me sifted . What was to be taken , and what to be left out ? It always seemed to me that ...
... women understand them , when they use them in their every day life . Another difficulty , again , was to have these thousands of proverbs before me sifted . What was to be taken , and what to be left out ? It always seemed to me that ...
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... women . Percival gave a translation to his collection and left it there . But a mere translation of a real proverb will not in most cases bring us into contact with its homely meaning . Take as an instance Percival's : - இளையாள் ...
... women . Percival gave a translation to his collection and left it there . But a mere translation of a real proverb will not in most cases bring us into contact with its homely meaning . Take as an instance Percival's : - இளையாள் ...
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... woman's mind and winter wind change oft . " For the big chapter in this book on " Sorrow and lamenta- tion of women " I could hardly find any equivalent from the English . The English woman has been respected , while her Indian sister ...
... woman's mind and winter wind change oft . " For the big chapter in this book on " Sorrow and lamenta- tion of women " I could hardly find any equivalent from the English . The English woman has been respected , while her Indian sister ...
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... 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 trouble in ...
... 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 trouble in ...
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... 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 proverbial literature , some may ask . My answer is ...
... 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 proverbial literature , some may ask . My answer is ...
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 |