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Monsieur Ariel
E. S. Ariel, also referred to as Monsieur Ariel (French language, French for "Mr. Ariel") by his contemporaries, was a 19th-century French language, French Translation, translator known for his French translation of the Ancient Indian philosophy, ancient Indian philosophical text of the Tirukkural. He translated select couplets of the Tirukkural into French in 1848 and published it in Paris under the title ''Kural de Thiruvalluvar (Traduits du Tamoul)''. Although the first French translation of the Kural text was made by an unknown author in 1767, which Ariel had mentioned in his work, it was Ariel's translation that brought the ancient work to the French world. Quotations In a letter to Burnouf published in the ''Journal Asiatique'' (November–December 1848), Ariel called the Kural text, He also famously said of the Tirukkural thus: "''Ce livre sans nom, par un auteur sans nom''" ("The book without a name by an author without a name.") See also * Tirukkural translations * Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
