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It is great to know the names of scholars who spread the name and fame of Tiruvalluvar and his work Tirukkural around the world about 200 years ago. Later hundreds of Tamil scholars wrote in English and Tamil about Kural and Valluvar.
1.Translation of Tirukkural in Latin of books I and II by Father Constanticus Josephus Beschius; in India Office Library; first published by Dr G U Pope as an appendix to his edition. About 1730
2.F W Ellis, published in Dr G U Pope’s edition. A small portion only, with copious notes
3.Rev. W H Drew and Ramanuja Kavirayar . two vols. Madras 1852. Sixty three chapters only including the commentary of Primelalagar
4.T M Scott
5.A French edition in the Bibliothèque Nationale. Referred to by M Ariele, 1767
6.N E Kindersley, in Specimens of Hindoo Literature, 1794
7.The Divine Pariah by E J Robinson
8.P G de Dumast Nancy, 1854. French, portions only
9.Dr Graul, Leipzig,1856. German and Latin. Probably used by Beschi. Incomplete.
10.M Lamairresse, Pondicherry,1867, French . complete
11.Folk Songs of Southern India by C E Grover, Madras, 1871. Contains translations of a few chapters only.
12.Tamil Wisdom by E J Robinson, London, 1873. . Contains translations of 24 chapters only.
13.Extracts from the Kural, by Rev. P Percival
14.By M Ariele, portions only, French
15.Dr J Lazarus, madras, 1885. Tamil edition with English renderings
16.The Sacred Kural, Dr G U Pope , London 1886, complete translation
17.Le Livre de l’ Amour de Tirouvallouva by G. de Barrigue de Fontainieu, Paris, 1889, French translation of Part III only
18.A chapter from the Kural by J M Nallaswamy Pillai; translation and notes on chapter 36 in Tamil Antiquary Vol. II, pp52-72. Trichinopoly, 1913.
19.The Kural, by Dr J Lazarus; a short article in Tamil Antiquary, Vol.II, pp52-72, Trichinopoly, 1913.
20.A Gem for Each Day, by Mrs Ttirunavukkarasu, madras, 1915. Selected stanzas with English renderings
21.The Maxims of Tiruvalluvar, by V V S Aiyar, madras, 1916; complete translation
22.Rev. J S Hooper. A paper read before the Madras Missionary Conference and printed in the Madras Christian College Magazine, April 1918
23.K Vadivelu Chettiar, madras, 1919. Tamil edition with English renderings
24.Kural Nanuru by A Mathavaiyar, madras, 1925. Four hundred selected stanzas with English translations
25.Thiruvalluvar by S Somasundara Bharati, Madura, 1928. A little pamphlet on the legends about the poet.
26.Critical Studies in the Kural by M S Puranalingam Pillai, Biblotheca, Munnirpallam, 1928
This list not claimed to be complete, but simply contains those which the writer has come across
–subham—
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