Tirukkural translations into Saurashtra

As of 2015, Tirukkural has been translated into Saurashtra only once.[1]

Background

An Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, Saurashtra, once spoken in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, is spoken today chiefly by a small population of Saurashtrians settled in parts of Tamil Nadu. With the Saurashtrian language being the only Indo-Aryan language employing a Dravidian script, the population’s familiarity with the language resulted in the translation of the Tirukkural in this language spoken by a small number of people.

Tirukkural Payiram—Pitika Pragaranam by S. S. Ram remains the only known translation of the Kural text into the Saurashtra language. It was posthumously published in 1980 in Madurai.[2]

Translations
Translation Chapter 26, பல க2னிக் ஆக்ஷேபண
Kural 254 (Couplet 26:4) Kural 258 (Couplet 26:8)
S. S. Ram, 1980த3க்ஷன்ஹரன் காய்மெனதி ஹிம்ஸஹரன் ஹிம்ஸகரன்
அர்த்ஹரனு தேஆங்க்3 க2னி		சூக்து4வெ சொக்உசித ஸூரின்ஹாத் தெ4ர்னானு
ஜீவ்ஜியெ ஆங்கு3 சக்னோ

See also

Notes
  1. Krishnamachari, Suganthy (20 November 2014). "Under the spell of the Kural". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. Ashraf, N. V. K. (n.d.). "Thirukkural in Saurashtra". OOCities. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Published Translations
  • Sankhu Ram (Trans.). (1993). Sourashtra Tirukkural (in Tamil Scripts). Madurai: Siddhasramam.

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