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Kural
Ancient Tamil composition on personal ethics and morality
For other uses, see Kural (disambiguation).
The Tirukkuṟaḷ (Tamil: திருக்குறள், lit.&#;'sacred verses'), or shortly theKural (Tamil: குறள்), is a classic Tamil language text on commoner's morality consisting of 1, short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teachings on virtue (aram), wealth (porul) and love (inbam), respectively. It is widely acknowledged for its universality and secular nature.[8] Its authorship is traditionally attributed to Valluvar, also known in full as Thiruvalluvar. The text has been dated variously from BCE to 5th century CE. The traditional accounts describe it as the last work of the third Sangam, but linguistic analysis suggests a later date of to &#;CE and that it was composed after the Sangam period.
The Kural text is among the earliest systems of Indian epistemology and metaphysics. The work
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A. R. Venkatachalapathy
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Education
- PH.D. Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
- Thesis: ‘A Social History of Tamil Book-Publishing, c. ’ (February )
- M.A. History, Madurai Kamaraj University ()
- University of Madras ()
Employment
- Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (from August )
- Associate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (from March –August )
- Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (from June –March )
- Lecturer, Department of Indian History, University of Madras, Chennai (from månad –May ; on lien from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli)
- Lecturer, Department of History, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, April –December
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Works Cited
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Weidman, A. (). Works Cited. In Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India (pp. ). New York, USA: Duke University Press.
Weidman, A. Works Cited. Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India. New York, USA: Duke University Press, pp.
Weidman, Amanda J.. "Works Cited" In Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India, New York, USA: Duke University Press,
Weidman A. Works Cited. In: Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India. New York, USA: Duke University Press; p
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