- thirukkural with meaning
This application is mandatory for those who want to live their life with Thirukural. Each day it will come up with a Thirukural. As you know Thirukural has the ability to handle every moment of human life, with this application you can feel that ability.
This is reflected in some of the other names by which the text is given by such as Tamil marai (Tamil Vedas); poyyamozhi (words that never fail); and Deiva nool (divine text). The book is considered to precede Manimekalai and Silapathikaram since they both acknowledge the Kural text.
A couplet or Kural consists of seven cirs, with four cirs on the first line and three on the second. A cir is a single or a combination of more than one Tamil word. For example, Thirukkural is a cir formed by combining the two words Thiru andKural, i.e. Thiru + Kural = Thirukkural. Aram contains 380 verses, Porul with 700 and Inbam with 250.
1) Tiru is an honorific Tamil term that corresponds to the universally Indian, Sanskrit term sri meaning "holy, sacred, excellent, honorable, and beautiful.
2) Kural means something that is "short, concise, and abridged.
The Kural text was authored by Thiruvalluvar.