Tirukkural translations into Saurashtra

As of 2015, Tirukkural has been translated into Saurashtra only once.^[1]^[2]

Background edit

An Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, Saurashtra, once spoken in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, is spoken today chiefly by a small population of Saurashtrians settled in parts of Tamil Nadu. With the Saurashtrian language being the only Indo-Aryan language employing a Dravidian script, the population's familiarity with the language resulted in the translation of the Tirukkural in this language spoken by a small number of people.

Tirukkural Payiram—Pitika Pragaranam by S. Sankhu Ram remains the only known translation of the Kural text into the Saurashtra language. It was posthumously published in 1980 in Madurai.^[3] The work was published again in 1993.^[3]

Translations edit

Translation	Chapter 26, பல க²னிக் ஆக்ஷேபண
Translation	Kural 254 (Couplet 26:4)	Kural 258 (Couplet 26:8)
S. S. Ram, 1980	த³க்ஷன்ஹரன் காய்மெனதி ஹிம்ஸஹரன் ஹிம்ஸகரன் அர்த்ஹரனு தேஆங்க்³ க²னி	சூக்து⁴வெ சொக்உசித ஸூரின்ஹாத் தெ⁴ர்னானு ஜீவ்ஜியெ ஆங்கு³ சக்னோ

References edit

^ Pallu, Nelza Mara; Mohanty, Panchanan; Durga, Shiva (May 2023). "Thirukkural Translations: A Sacred Text From the Town of Peacocks—Mayilâpûr India" (PDF). International Journal of Development Research. 13 (5): 62551–62553. doi:10.37118/ijdr.26323.05.2023 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN 2230-9926. Retrieved 18 November 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
^ Krishnamachari, Suganthy (20 November 2014). "Under the spell of the Kural". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Polilan; K. Gunathogai; Lena Kumar; Tagadur Sampath; Mutthamizh; G. Picchai Vallinayagam; D. Anbunidhi; K. V. Neduncheraladhan, eds. (2019). Tiruvalluvar 2050 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Periyar Enthusiasts Group. p. 683.

Published Translations edit

Sankhu Ram (Trans.). (1993). Sourashtra Tirukkural (in Tamil Scripts). Madurai: Siddhasramam.

External links edit

Ashraf, N. V. K. (n.d.). "Thirukkural in Saurashtra". OOCities. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[1] Pallu, Nelza Mara; Mohanty, Panchanan; Durga, Shiva (May 2023). "Thirukkural Translations: A Sacred Text From the Town of Peacocks—Mayilâpûr India" (PDF). International Journal of Development Research. 13 (5): 62551–62553. doi:10.37118/ijdr.26323.05.2023 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN 2230-9926. Retrieved 18 November 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)

[2] Krishnamachari, Suganthy (20 November 2014). "Under the spell of the Kural". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[Polilan2019-3] Polilan; K. Gunathogai; Lena Kumar; Tagadur Sampath; Mutthamizh; G. Picchai Vallinayagam; D. Anbunidhi; K. V. Neduncheraladhan, eds. (2019). Tiruvalluvar 2050 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Periyar Enthusiasts Group. p. 683.

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