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Tirukkural Malayalam
Tirukkural Malayalam
Thirukkural in Malayalam ()
There are more than a dozen translations of the Kural in Malayalam.[1] More and more
translations continue to be produced, the most recent one being a translation in prose with
exhaustive commentary by K.G. Chandrasekaran Nair (In 2003; D.C. Books, Kottayam).
Malayalam probably has the unique distinction of producing the first ever translation of
Tirukkural in any Indian language. An unpublished manuscript of a Malayalam translation
done in 1595 A.D. is reported in the Annual Report of the Cochin Archeological Department
for the year 1933-34.[2]
Translations are of different types. Some in modern Malayalam and some in ancient
Malayalam. Ancient Malayalam is dominated by Tamil words unlike modern Malayalam
which is a hybrid of Tamil and Sanskrit. As a result, Malayalam has a rich vocabulary of both
Tamil and Sanskrit origin. This is precisely the reason why Malayalees do not find Tamil
movies difficult to understand when released in Kerala. Ramesan Nairs translation of
Thirukkural (Trust Publications, Trivandrum) in ancient Malayalam reminds us how close
Malayalam was once with Tamil.[3]
The translation in verse presented here is that of V.V. Abdulla Sahib, first published in
2002. As in the case of the Hindi translation of the Kural, my wife K.T. Shahnaz typed the
entire translation. All the 133 chapters have been presented in Acrobat.
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(Source: Abdulla Sahib, V.V. 2002. Thirukkural (Malayalam). Printed at Gupta Press, 123, Periyar Street, Erode 638 001, Tamil Nadu)
[1] Kunhikrishan, K. 1999. Tirukkural in Malayalam. Book Review of Tirukkural translation in Malayalam by S. Ramesan Nair. In: The
Hindu.
[2] George, K.M. 1973 Tirukkural and Malayalam. In: First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers. (Editor: N. Sanjeevi). Pp 44-49
[3] . 2000. ` : . .
. November December, 2000. 39-42
Double-V Kural in 30 languages Voice of Vivekananda Kural in English Claims & Criticisms
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Thirukkural in Malayalam
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