Tirukkural
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Tirukkural is a classic Tamil text of moral and philosophical couplets that offers concise guidance on ethics, governance, and love.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kural | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical Tamil text
ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ ethical treatise ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kural
ⓘ
Tirukkural ⓘ
surface form:
The Kural
|
| AramBookChapterCount | 38 ⓘ |
| AramVerseCount | 380 ⓘ |
| author | Thiruvalluvar ⓘ |
| book |
Aram
ⓘ
Inbam ⓘ Porul ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
Tamil literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil moral canon
|
| genre |
aphoristic literature
ⓘ
gnomic poetry ⓘ |
| InbamBookChapterCount | 25 ⓘ |
| InbamVerseCount | 250 ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
South Indian ethical thought
ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ |
| language | Tamil ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Sangam-era Tamil literature ⓘ |
| meter | Kural venba ⓘ |
| moralFocus | universal ethics ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
brevity and concision
ⓘ
each chapter contains 10 couplets ⓘ emphasis on virtue and non-violence ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 133 ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | 1330 ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation | humanistic ⓘ |
| PorulBookChapterCount | 70 ⓘ |
| PorulVerseCount | 700 ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
ethics
ⓘ
governance ⓘ love ⓘ |
| region | Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| religiousInfluence |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation | secular ⓘ |
| structure | three books ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family life
ⓘ
love and relationships ⓘ personal ethics ⓘ social ethics ⓘ statecraft ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| translationCount | dozens of languages ⓘ |
| verseForm | couplet ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Kural