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Thirukkural

திருக்குறள்

Thiruvalluvar's 1,330 couplets on how to live well, in three books — Virtue, Wealth and Love — and 133 chapters of ten kurals each. Choose a book and a chapter, or go straight to a kural by its number. Every kural has its Tamil meaning, an English meaning and G. U. Pope's verse, and can be saved as a picture to share. Start at chapter 1
Kural number

Virtue · அறத்துப்பால்

Book 1 · chapters 1–38 · kurals 1–380

Wealth · பொருட்பால்

Book 2 · chapters 39–108 · kurals 381–1080

Love · காமத்துப்பால்

Book 3 · chapters 109–133 · kurals 1081–1330

Tamil text and Tamil meanings: the Thirukkural dataset by Yuvaraj Velmurugan (CC0). English meanings and verses: G. U. Pope's translation, via the libkural project.