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Tiruvalluvar

Author of The Kural (Penguin Classics)

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About the Author

Includes the names: Tiruvalluvar, Tiruvaḷḷuvar

Disambiguation Notice:

name sometimes spelled Thiruvalluvar

Image credit: Statue of Thiruvalluvar, Cape Comorin, Tamil Nadu, India. Photo by user Ramchandran / Wikimedia Commons.

Works by Tiruvalluvar

The Kural (Penguin Classics) (1990) 63 copies

Tirukkural (1962) 8 copies

Tirukkural : sydindisk levnadsvisdom, statskunskap och kärlekskonst sammanfattad i 1330 epigram av tamilskalden… (1971) 3 copies

The Tirukkural (2015) 2 copies

The sacred Kural, or, the Tamil Veda 2 copies

Kural (2005) 2 copies

Le livre de l'amour de Tiruvaḷḷuvar (1992) 1 copy

Tirukkural 1 copy

Thirukkural with English Couplets 1 copy

The sacred Kural, or, The Tamil Veda of Tiruvalluvar 1 copy

Tirukkural : święta księga południowych Indii 1 copy

The Tirukkural (Complete) (1969) 1 copy

Kural, the great book of Tiru-Valluvar 1 copy

Tirukkural - Vol.1 1 copy

Tirukkural - Vol.2 1 copy

Tiruvalluva Nāyanār tiruvāy malarn taruliya Karpam 300 1 copy

Kural venpa nurkovai : vilakkak kurippuraiyutan. 1 copy

Saurāstra Tirukkural : pāyiraviyal-pītikā prakaranu 1 copy

Tirukkural: Arattuppal, Porutpal, Kamattuppal, mulamum.. 1 copy

Tirukkura : ārāyccip patippu 1 copy

The Book of Desire (2023) 1 copy

Associated Works

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 450 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names: Thiruvalluvar
Valluvar
Birthdate: c. 400
Gender: male
Nationality: India
Places of residence: Mylapore, India
Disambiguation notice: name sometimes spelled Thiruvalluvar

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The Kural by Tiruvalluvar

East Asian poetry from before the 800 CE. 1,330 couplets.

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Works: 21
Also by: 1
Members: 95
Popularity: #197,646
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 9
Languages: 3

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