திருக்குறள் · Thirukkural
All 1330 kurals by திருவள்ளுவர் with meanings, pronunciation, audio and daily practice.
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திருக்குறள்
Thirukkural, the world’s common scripture, in 1330 couplets.
Read each kural on its palm leaf, hear it, say it back, understand it through six commentators and English, and practise until it stays.
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முப்பால் · The three books
133 அதிகாரங்கள் · All chapters →குறளை எப்படிக் கற்பது · How to learn a kural
கேட்டுப் படி · Listen and read
Open an adhikaram. Tap கேள் to hear the kural, or tap any word to hear just that word. The transliteration under each word shows how to say it.
பொருள் அறி · Understand
Read the meaning by மு. வரதராசனார் first, then compare சாலமன் பாப்பையா, கலைஞர், பரிமேலழகர், மணக்குடவர் and English. Your choice is remembered.
மனப்பாடம் செய் · Make it yours
Use சொல்லிப் பழகு to repeat word by word, mark the kural as memorized, and review it with flashcards until it sticks. Come back tomorrow for the next one.
Questions people ask
How many kurals, adhikarams and paals are there in Thirukkural?
1330 kurals in 133 adhikarams of ten kurals each, in three paals: அறத்துப்பால் (Virtue, 38 adhikarams), பொருட்பால் (Wealth, 70) and காமத்துப்பால் (Love, 25).
Whose meanings (உரை) are shown?
மு. வரதராசனார், சாலமன் பாப்பையா, கலைஞர் மு. கருணாநிதி, பரிமேலழகர், மணக்குடவர் and திருக்குறளார் வீ. முனிசாமி in Tamil, plus an English explanation, a short English translation and G. U. Pope's English verse.
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