Kural (kural — alt: tirukkural)

(Language: Tamil)

Alternate Spellings: Tirukkural

Short Description: One of the most widely known Tamil classics, it consists of 1,330 stanzas and deals with ethics and morality

Long Description: One of the most widely known Tamil classics, it consists of 1,330 stanzas and deals with ethics and morality (the aims of life in general like dharma, artha, kama and moksa or their equivalents, aram, pvrul, inborn and idu). Tiruvalluvar (Valluvar), the author, expounds the same values as the Vedic religion. K.A. Nilakantha Sastri ascribes Kural to the 5th century C.E., while some other authorities place it between the first century B. C.E. and the first century C.E.