It is believed thatValluvar composed the work on request from his close friend and studentby name Elela Singan. The work itself is often called Tamil Marai, a reference toits identification with the Vedas. Not much is knownabout Tiruvalluvar, the author of the work though it is believed that hewas born in Mylaopore (Chennai, Tamilnadu) and belonged to the weaver community.He is also known by several other names e.g., Nayanar, Theivappulavar,Perunavalar. Tirukkural is a masterpieceof Tamil literature, composed during the last of the three Sangam eras.While it has not been possible to exactly date the work, the referenceto Kural in the great epics Manimekalai and Silappadhikaram give us someidea of when it would have been composed. The presentationsare unique and one of a kind on the web. Visitors to these pages should be able to viewthe text in Tamil script on most graphic enabled web browsers. This comprehensivereference has been made possible due to the availability of the Multilingualsoftware from IIT Madras. International interest in the study of Kural can be tracedto the second half of the Nineteenth century. Kural continues to be important today, in the twentyfirstcentury, for scholars believe that Kural conveys many many important messagesto the society. It is generallyreckoned that Kural was composed during the Sangam Period of literary developmentin Tamil (500-200 BC). Tirukkuralconstitutes one of the most important literary works in Tamil. The author doesn’t seem to be aware that Thiruvalluva Malai was a compilation of praises of Thiruvalluvar and Thirukkural by various Sangam poets.

This seems to have made the author link Thiruvalluvar with Nanda’s times. The same Mamulanar contributed a verse in praise of Thiruvalluvar in the Thiruvalluva malai. Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher.He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love.

Thirukkural (or the Kural) is a collection of 1330 Tamil couplets organised into 133 chapters.

Also includes Thiruvalluva Malai.: Search and hear Thirukkural in Audio along with the commentary.

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