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Tirukkuṟaḷ Translations Into Latin
As of 2015, Latin is the first foreign language into which the ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' was translated. There are three known translations of the Kural text available in Latin. History The Christian missionaries who arrived in India during the British era admired the Kural text greatly owing to the moral values found in the work. In 1730, Constantius Joseph Beschi of the Society of Jesus (1700–1742) translated it into Latin, introducing the work to the Europeans for the first time. Beschi, however, translated only the first two parts, namely, virtue and wealth, since he considered translating the section on love inappropriate for a Christian missionary. This manuscript, now found in the India Office Library, London, was edited by George Uglow Pope, who published it as 'notes' at the end of his famous English translation titled ''The Sacred Kurral'' in 1886. This saved the manuscript from having been lost in the oblivion. There are at least two more Latin translations of the Kural te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1856 CE Translation 1865 Edition, Kural Of Thiruvalluvar Tirukkural Graul
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