#tamil-ethics

¶ From the Book corner: the Tirukkural, and why a book of ethics ends with a book of love

This week's book from the Book corner is the Tirukkural, the Tamil classic attributed to Tiruvalluvar. Its date is uncertain; scholarly estimates run from a few centuries BCE to around 500 CE. The form is strict. It has 1,330 couplets (kuṟaḷ), arranged…