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Festivals:
· Onam – September 5
· Chandra grahana-lunar eclipse -7
· Pitru Paksha Shradh Begins – September 8
· Bharatiyar Memorial Day 11
· Mahalaya Amavasyai – September 21
· Navratri Begins – September 22
· Durga Ashtami – September 30
Pitru Paksha is a 16-day period dedicated to honouring ancestors.
Ekadasi fasting days- 3,17; Auspicious day -4;
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Quotes are taken from website; for more quotations please go to the website.
September 1 Monday
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected and wealth by not being properly utilised.
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September 2 Tuesday
Low class men desire wealth; middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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September 3 Wednesday
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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September 4 Thursday
The power of a king lies in his mighty arms;that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.
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September 5 Friday
Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place when water dries up; let not a man act so — and comes and goes as he pleases.
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September 6 Saturday
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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September 7 Sunday
He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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September 8 Monday
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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September 9 Tuesday
When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
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September 10 Wednesday
Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.
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September 11 Thursday
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is imminent what can you do?
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September 12 Friday
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
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September 13 Saturday
Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast.Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
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September 14 Sunday
At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction)the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.
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September 15 Monday
He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
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September 16 Tuesday
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
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September 17 Wednesday
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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September 18 Thursday
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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September 19 Friday
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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September 20 Saturday
The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
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September 21 Sunday
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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September 22 Monday
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and the of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
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September 23 Tuesday
When there are many enemies, treaty should be entered into with one.
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September 24 Wednesday
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you, but once it has come upon you, try to get rid of it without hesitation.
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September 25 Thursday
The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
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September 26 Friday
Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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September 27 Saturday
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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September 28 Sunday
By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.
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September 29 Monday
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
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September 30 Tuesday
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
–Subham-
Tags-Sayings , Arthasastra , Chanakya, Kautilya, Quotations, September 2025, Calendar
உலகின் அரிய கடல் வாழ் உயிரினமான நீலத் திமிங்கிலத்தின் பாடல் ஓசை குறைந்து கொண்டே வருகிறது. திடுக்கிட வைக்கும் இந்த உண்மையைக் கூறும் விஞ்ஞானிகள் உடனடியாக இந்த உயிரினத்தைக் காப்பாற்ற தக்க நடவடிக்கைகளை எடுக்க வேண்டும் என்று எச்சரித்துள்ளனர்.
உலகளாவிய விதத்தில் சுமார் 25000 நீலத் திமிங்கிலங்கள் வாழ்கின்றன என்று இண்டர்நேஷனல் யூனியன் ஃபார் கன்ஸர்வேஷன் ஆஃப் நேச்சரின் அறிக்கை கூறுகிறது.
திமிங்கிலத்தின் எண்ணெய்க்காக அவற்றைக் கொல்வது கடந்த நூறாண்டுகளில் அளவுக்கு அதிகமானது. சுமார் 3,80,000 திமிங்கிலங்கள் இதற்காகக் கொல்லப்பட்டன என்பது திடுக்கிட வைக்கும் ஒரு உண்மை.
இப்போது கடல் முழுவதும் புவி வெப்பமயமாதலால், -உஷ்ண அலைகளால் பாதிக்கப்படுவதால் – மீன்கள் கூட்டம் அருகி விட்டது.
இதனால் நீலத் திமிங்கிலங்களுக்கு உணவுப் பற்றாக்குறை வேறு ஏற்பட்டு விட்டது.
ஒரு திமிங்கிலத்தின் எடை சுமார் 200 டன்கள் ஆகும் .பிறந்த குட்டித் திமிங்கிலத்தின் எடை 2700 கிலோகிராம் ஆகும். நீளம் 8 அடி. ஆகும். வளர்ந்த போது இதன் நீளம் 108 அடியாக இருக்கும். இதன் ஆயுள் காலம் 90 முதல் 110 வருடங்கள் ஆகும். மணிக்கு 31 மைல் வேகத்தில் இது நீந்தும். இதற்கு சுவாசிப்பதற்காக மனிதனுக்கு இருப்பது போல உடலின் மேல் ஒரு துவாரம் இருக்கிறது. இதன் வாயில் உணவு உண்ணும் போது போகும் நீர் மட்டும் 5000 கிலோகிராம் எடை இருக்கும். இதன் நாக்கு ஒரு யானை அளவு இருக்கும்.
இதன் ஓசை தான் உலக விலங்கு வகைகளிலேயே அதிக ஓசை ஆகும். அதாவது 188 டெசிபல் என்ற அளவில் இருக்கும். நீருக்கடியில் எழுப்பும் இந்த ஓசையை மனிதன் கேட்க முடியாது. ஒரு ஜெட் எஞ்ஜின் எழுப்பும் சத்தமாகும் இது. லோ ப்ரீக்வென்சி எனப்படும் குறைந்த அதிர்வெண் ஓசை என்பதால் 1600 கிலோமீட்டர் வரை இது கேட்கும்.. அதன் இதயம் ஒரு காரின் அளவு போல இருக்கும், அதன் இதயத் துடிப்பை இரண்டு மைலுக்கு அப்பால் இருந்தும் கேட்கலாம்.
நீலத் திமிங்கிலத்தின் பாடல் ஓசை மிகவும் பிரபலமான ஒன்று ஆனால் இந்த ஓசை இப்போது அருகி விட்டதால் விஞ்ஞானிகள் பெரிதும் கவலைப்படுகின்றனர்.
புவி வெப்பமயமாதலாலும், திமிங்கிலத்தை அதன் எண்ணெய்க்காக வேட்டையாடும் போக்கினாலும் அவை அருகி வருகின்றன.
ஒரு திமிங்கிலத்தின் விலை என்ன தெரியுமா? பல்லாயிரக்கணக்கான மரங்களின் விலை தான் அது. சுமார் இருபது லட்சம் அமெரிக்க டாலர்கள் தான் அதன் விலை. (பதினேழுகோடியே ஐம்பது லட்சத்து நாற்பத்தியிரண்டாயிரம் இந்திய ரூபாய்கள்!)
அறுபது வருடங்களில் ஒரு திமிங்கிலம் 33 டன் கார்பன் டை ஆக்ஸைடை உறிஞ்சி வைத்துக் கொள்கிறது. அது இறந்து கடலுக்கடியில் மூழ்கி விட்டால் அந்த கார்பன் டை ஆக்ஸைடு பல நூறு ஆண்டுகள் பூட்டி வைக்கப்பட்ட நிலையை அடைகிறது. இதனால் மனித குலத்திற்கு எவ்வளவு நன்மை!
உணவு சங்கிலித்தொடரை நிலையாக நிலை நிறுத்துவதும் நீலத் திமிங்கிலங்களே. சுற்றுப்புறச் சூழலைப் பாதுகாப்பதும் அவை தான்.
ஆகவே தான் திமிங்கிலத்தின் பாடலைத் தொடர்ந்து கேட்க உலகம் ஆசைப்படுகிறது.
ஒவ்வொருவரும் இதற்காகப் பாடுபடவேண்டும்; குரல் கொடுக்க வேண்டும். செய்வோமா?
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One Thousand Proverbs on Women, Wives and Daughters- part 29
831 Tamil Proverbs continued……………………….. She who is not restrained by modesty, is not a woman of superior birth.
A woman without shame is worthless.
Does the woman require a veil even after sunrise?
Of what use are paint, the marriage symbol and turmeric water, to a woman who refuses to become a wife?
To the washerman, his name was “gone;’ to the washer – woman, “come.”.
This proverb is explained as follows:a washerman engaged a servant who gave his name as Ponan, he is gone. In the absence of her husband he told the washer-woman that his name is Vandan, he is come. The washerman wanting the man called him by name, -Ponan. At the same moment the wife called the man by his other name Vandan.The washerman thereupon concluded that the servant had gone to his wife. Again be called as before, and his wife also called. As the servant did not come to him, the
washerman became angry and went to his wife when an altercation took place. The matter being explained, they suspected that something was wrong, and soon found that the manhad made off with their savings, and that he had given the two names to serve his secret purpose.
837. The washerman longs for the washer-woman, and the washer woman’s desire is fixed on her donkey.
A reserved woman will destroy her family.
A nose less man, fit for a bald woman.
840. He who marries a woman of great beauty will be ruined, he who sows on hilly ground, will be impoverished.
A lean woman is strong, a gaudy woman is consumptive.
If a woman is married to one whose nose is rent, he will not allow her to go before or after him.
To the woman adorned with three jewels, the ear ornament is the only want.
What double dower to a worthless woman?
If a woman elope with her husband’s elder brother out of personal regard for him, it will be a disgrace to the whole family.
Does the barren woman understand the pains of parturition ?
Does the barren woman know the endearments of children?
If the barren woman be asked to bring forth a child, will she do so?
Whilst on earth pervert not judgment, in the case of a woman.
850. It is said that the hollow-headed woman obtained a gold bead, and that she examined it when she was sleepy.
Why should a woman who has no gold beads be called Ammani? (Mani=Gem)
Look at a woman after adorning her with jewels, and at a wall when you have plastered it with mud.
Not to remonstrate with her husband is an ornament in a woman.
Even a demon will pity a woman.
Does a barren woman understand the endearments of a child?
If a woman ornamented with jewels enter, she will be regarded a a beautiful woman.
O thou blind old woman, open the door
860. Like marrying a blind woman to avoid paying the nuptial present.
By touching the virtuous woman, Dropati, Duriyodhana was ruined.
A niggardly woman will not lie on a mat.
The bald headed woman who came but yesterday, is whining for ghee to eat with her rice.
He who consults omens is the son of a deceitful woman, he who enquires into the fitness of persons for marriage is the son of a vicious man.
A woman who has borne four children, eats her rice in the middle of the street.
An impudent woman gives occasion to be laughed at.
A good bullock requires but one blow, and a good woman only one word.
An impudent woman has no shame, a weeping woman has no sorrow.
If a woman be chaste, she may live in the street of the harlots.
870. Before taking a woman in marriage ascertain the character of her mother, before buying a cow ascertain the quantity of its milk.
A flourishing tree has shade, a woman who has recently borne a child, has milk.
As Nili-a cruel woman-followed the Chetty.
(The ghost woman killed 70 businessmen and it is in several Tamil verses; a true story)
Who can act so as to please a woman ?
The preciousness of children is known to her who has eaten dried ginger and borne one. It is common when a woman is confined, to give her a preparation of dried ginger and other spices.
Is a woman who pilfers aware what expense means?
Is that medicine which does not take effect, is that which a woman has not brought forth and reared, her child?
A woman seized by Saturn will not find a rag even in the market.
880.A woman seized by Saturn will not obtain a husband though she may go to the market.
The mud of a ditch and a rival wife are alike.
Though despicable as a worm in a ditch, it is difficult to overcome a rival wife.
Take a wife after consulting the shastras/scriptures and give a daughter in marriage after ascertaining the character of the family in which she is going.
As a man lost his wife on his way to Srirangam.
As the survivor took the wife of the deceased.
Why an eye to the corpse, why a wife to the Saiva mendicant?
The wife of the carpenter is on the floor, and the wife of the smith is on the branch of a tree.
888.What if the wife of the carpenter is bereaved of her husband ? what if the wife of the smith is deprived of her hire?
If he has a wife she will weep at the bed’s head-at his funeral.
890.Do not regard her as your wife who goes out unattended.
Next to one’s mother, is his wife.
If the mother die, a marriage, if the daughter die, a corpse.
The wife is here called mother with reference to her children. In the event of her death the husband may marry again.
A wife and a Guru are preordained. Of what use is the favour of a midwife to a widow?
The wife of the thief is always a widow.
Like stripping off the cloth of Draupati. Draupati was the common wife of the five sons of Pandu. When in captivity after the humiliation of the Pandavas, an attempt was made by Duriyodhana to strip off her cloth, as a punishment for laughing at him when he stumbled, she was however saved from dishonour, for as they drew away her cloth it was lengthned by divine interposition.
898. A reproachful wife may fitly be called Yama.
899.One who has neither wife, nor desire to marry.
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900.. நடந்தவன் காலிலே சீதேவி, இருந்தவன் காலிலே மூதேவி. The goddess of fortune dwells in the feet of the industrious, the goddess of misfortune dwells in the feet of the sluggard.
The goddess of prosperity or fortune, and the goddess of adversity or misfortune, two sisters, mentioned in this proverb, exercise a mysterious influence over the minds of the vulgar. These remarkable beings are said to have been produced when the celestials, in search of ambrosia, churned the milky ocean. The opinion expressed in the proverb is also contained in a stanza of Nitinerivillakkam a poem on moral subjects, justly admired by the learned, for the terseness and beauty of its composition, as well as for the general purity of its moral sentiments. The poet says:- “When the goddess of prosperity finds that her favours are not appreciated, she introduces her elder sister, the goddess of adversity, to the sluggard, and then takes her departure.” The goddess of fortune, whose presence is a guarantee for happiness and prosperity, is said to dwell in the face of a horse of superior caste, -with the wise and good,-in all fragrant flowers,-in the tree of paradise that bestows whatever it’s votaries may desire,-in the beauty ofa good and obedient wife, -in the ocean,-in the portal of a house where a marriage is being celebrated,-in a well governed country,-in grain in brilliant lamps and flaming torches,-in the words of the great,-with truth-speaking men,-in the arrows of Cupid, -and in vessels of milk. The goddess of misfortune is said to have her habitation with the glutton.-the irascible, – with liars and other abandoned characters, – with those clothed in rags,-with vicious women,-in a flock of sheep, and in the face of the dead.
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To be continued………………………………..
tags- Tamil Proverbs, on women, wives, one thousand, part 29
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சாணக்கியர் என்றும் கெளடில்யர் என்றும் போற்றப்படும் மேதை, 2300 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்னர் எழுதிய உலகின் முதல் பொருளாதார நூல் அர்த்தசாஸ்திரம்; இது சம்ஸ்க்ருதத்தில் உளது.
பூமி சத்தியத்தின் சக்தியால் தாங்கப்படுகிறது; சூரியனை பிரகாசிக்கச் செய்வதும், காற்று வீசச் செய்வதும் சத்தியத்தின் சக்திதான்; உண்மையில் அனைத்தும் சத்தியத்தின் மீது தங்கியுள்ளன.
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செப்டம்பர் 15 திங்கட் கிழமை
அந்தஸ்தில் உங்களுக்கு மேலே அல்லது கீழே உள்ளவர்களுடன் ஒருபோதும் நட்பு கொள்ள வேண்டாம். அத்தகைய நட்புகள் உங்களுக்கு ஒருபோதும் மகிழ்ச்சியைத் தராது.
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செப்டம்பர் 16 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை
உங்கள் முன் இனிமையாகப் பேசி, உங்கள் முதுகுக்குப் பின்னால் உங்களை அழிக்க முயற்சிப்பவரைத் தவிர்க்கவும், ஏனென்றால் அவர் விஷ பால் குடம் போன்றவர்.
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செப்டம்பர் 17 புதன் கிழமை
ஒரு முட்டாளுடன் சகவாசம் வைத்துக் கொள்ளாதே, அவன் இரண்டு கால் மிருகம்.
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செப்டம்பர் 18 வியாழக் கிழமை
ஒரு பயங்கரமான பேரழிவு, ஒரு அந்நிய படையெடுப்பு, ஒரு ஞ்சம் மற்றும் துன்மார்க்க மனிதர்களின் தோழமை ஆகியவற்றிலிருந்து தப்பி ஓடுபவன் பாதுகாப்பானவன்.
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செப்டம்பர் 19 வெள்ளிக் கிழமை
பிரளய அழிவின் போது கடல்கள் தங்கள் வரம்புகளை மீறி உள்ளே வரும்/மாறிவிடும் , ஆனால் ஒரு துறவி ஒருபோதும் மாறமாட்டார்.
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செப்டம்பர் 20 சனிக் கிழமை
தீய நடத்தை கொண்ட, அசுத்தமான பார்வை கொண்ட, மற்றும் மிகவும் கோணலான ஒரு மனிதனுடன் நட்பு கொள்பவர் விரைவாக அழிந்துவிடுவார்.
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செப்டம்பர் 21 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை
ஒரு பாம்பு விஷமாக இல்லாவிட்டாலும், அது விஷமாக நடிக்க வேண்டும்.
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செப்டம்பர் 22 திங்கட் கிழமை
ஒவ்வொரு நட்புக்குப் பின்னாலும் சில சுயநலம் இருக்கிறது. சுயநலங்கள் இல்லாமல் நட்பு இல்லை. இது ஒரு கசப்பான உண்மை.
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செப்டம்பர் 23 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை
உங்கள் ரகசியங்களை யாருடனும் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளாதீர்கள். அது உங்களை அழித்துவிடும்.
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செப்டம்பர் 24 புதன் கிழமை
உயர்ந்த அல்லது சமமான ஒருவருடன் ஒருவர் சண்டையிடக்கூடாது.
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செப்டம்பர் 25 வியாழக் கிழமை
பூக்களின் நறுமணம் காற்றின் திசையில் மட்டுமே பரவுகிறது. ஆனால் ஒருவரின் நற்செயல்கள் எல்லா திசைகளிலும் பரவுகிறது.
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செப்டம்பர் 26 வெள்ளிக் கிழமை
கல்வி கற்றல் என்பது பசு போன்றது. அது, அவளைப் போலவே, எல்லா பருவங்களிலும் பலனளிக்கிறது. ஒரு தாயைப் போல, அது உங்கள் பயணத்தில் உங்களுக்கு உணவளிக்கிறது. எனவே கற்றல் என்பது ஒரு மறைந்துள்ள புதையல்.
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செப்டம்பர் 27 சனிக் கிழமை
கற்றவர்கள் மீது முட்டாள்கள் பொறாமைப்படுகிறார்கள்; பணக்கார ஆண்கள் மீது ஏழைகள் பொறாமைப்படுகிறார்கள்; கற்புள்ள பெண்கள்மீது விபச்சாரிகள் பொறாமைப் படுகிறார்கள்; அழகான பெண்கள்மீது அழகில்லாத பெண்கள் பொறாமைப்படுகிறார்கள்;
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செப்டம்பர் 28 ஞாயிற்றுக் கிழமை
கேள்வி ஞானம் மூலம் மூலம் ஒருவர் தர்மத்தைப் புரிந்துகொள்கிறார், தீய சக்தி மறைந்துவிடும், அறிவு பெறப்படுகிறது, அடிமைத்தனத்திலிருந்து விடுதலை பெறுகிறது.
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செப்டம்பர் 29 திங்கட் கிழமை
ஒரு ராஜாவின் சக்தி அவனது வலிமையான கரங்களில் உள்ளது; ஒரு பிராமணனின் சக்தி ஆன்மீக அறிவில்உள்ளது; ஒரு பெண்ணின் சக்தி அழகு, இளமை மற்றும் இனிமையான வார்த்தைகளில் உள்ளது.
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செப்டம்பர் 30 செவ்வாய்க் கிழமை
தாழ்ந்த வகை மனிதர்கள் செல்வத்தை விரும்புகிறார்கள்; நடுத்தர வர்க்க ஆண்கள் செல்வத்தையும் மரியாதையையும் விரும்புகிறார்கள்; ஆனால் உயர்ந்தோருக்கு மரியாதை மட்டுமே தேவை ; எனவே மரியாதை என்பது மனிதனின் உண்மையான பெரிய செல்வம்.
–SUBHAM—
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கிஷ்கிந்தா காண்டத்தில் அறுபத்தி ஆறாவது ஸர்க்கமாக உள்ள ‘‘ஸமுத்திரத்தைத் தாண்ட ஜாம்பவான் ஹனுமாரைத் தூண்டுவது’ என்ற ஸர்க்கத்தில் இன்னொரு வரம் பற்றிய விவரத்தையும் காண முடிகிறது.
பிரம்மா எந்த ஆயுதத்தினாலும் மரணம் ஏற்படாது என்ற வரத்தை ஹனுமானுக்கு அருளினார்.
உடனே இந்திரனும் தன் பங்கிற்கு ஒரு வரத்தை அருளினார்.
அதை கீழ்க்கண்ட ஸ்லோகங்களில் காணலாம்:
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கிஷ்கிந்தா காண்டம், 66வது ஸர்க்கம் ஸ்லோக எண்கள் 30,31
வஜ்ரஸ்ய – வஜ்ராயுதத்தினுடைய
நிபாதேன ச – அடியினாலும்
விருஜம் – செயல்மாறாத
த்வாம் – உம்மை
சஹஸ்ரநேத்ர: ச – இந்திரனும்
சமீக்ஷய – உற்று நோக்கி
ப்ரீதாத்மா – உள்ளம் களித்தவனாய்
ப்ரபோ – வல்லவரே!
தே மரணம் – உனக்கு மரணம்
தே – உனது
ஸ்வச்சந்தத: ச – இஷ்டப்படியே
பூயாத் – உண்டாகக்கடவது
இதி – என்ற
உத்தமம் – உத்தமமான
வரம் சை – வரத்தைக்
ததௌ – கொடுத்தார்
ஆக ஹனுமானுக்கு இப்படி பிரம்மாவிடமிருந்து ஒரு வரமும் இந்திரனிடமிருந்து ஒரு வரமும் கிடைத்தது.
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One Thousand Proverbs on Women, Wives and Daughters- part 28
701. 1.If a song be demanded of a woman going along with her market basket, she will exclaim venkaiyam, karuveppilai, (Onions, curry leaves.)
2.A woman of fifty must bend the knee before a boy of five. Referring to the deference paid to the male sex by the Hindus.
3.Modesty is the ornament of a woman. The proverb may be used of moderation generally and self-restraint.
4.He says, to cook, there is a woman; for outdoor work, a man. Spoken of needful help already at hand.
5.Is a veil necessary for a woman in a bad condition ?
6.If a thievish woman eat the cream will there be any butter ?
7.Three fourths of a cash is demanded for shaving the head of an old woman worth only half a cash.
8.He who listens to the words of a woman will be accounted worthless.
9.As an abandoned woman one may ride on an elephant, but can one go along a street as a thief?
10.What matters it with whom an abandoned woman goes ?
11.A weeping man and a smiling woman are not to be trusted.
12.The story of a neighbour who invited a woman in distress at the loss of her husband.
13.In times of prosperity, even a slave woman may bring forth a female child.
14.Seek, seize her by the hair, and slipper a mother-in-law who does not invite you in July. The parents of a newly married woman separate her from her husband, that she may be under their care during the first year of marriage, in the month of July. This is necessary to prevent conception in that month and delivery in the following April. The birth of a first child in April if a son is believed to bring ruin upon a family.
15.Standard gold, and a woman at one with her mother-in-law are rare.
16.Although one may injurer a man; a woman may not be injuriously treated.
17.A most abandoned woman who murdered her own husband.
18.The woman became wise after the death of her husband. 19.A blear-eyed man became the husband of a woman who had been crying for one.
20.It is while she has a husband, is it not, that a woman, should play the harlot.
21.Though a thousand-times admonished, faithless woman will not become a faithful wife.
22.Are there those who have no pity ? If the word woman be uttered even a demon will be moved with compassion.
23.To associate with a double minded woman is fatal.
24.In the tresses of a poor woman are found nits and lice.
25.A woman with a bustling gait came and destroyed what there was.
26.If the truth be told, the blind woman will be greatly afflicted.
27.O thou hunch-backed woman of Madras, how can I give thee up, hast thou not become crooked by bearing burdens ?
28.Have one only of the community as a friend, and a woman without ties as a wife.
29.Eight old men conjointly took to wife a bald-headed old woman.
30.No matter how skilled a woman may be in numbers and letters, her judgment will be second rate. Many modern Hindus of the day(1873, though themselves earnest about University honors, evince but very little interest regarding the intellectual and moral culture of their daughters. The Rev R. M. Banerjee, a learned brahman of Calcutta, very recently gave a sad account of the disabilities to which native ladies in that city are subject.
31.Giving eight gall nuts to him who has lost a ball, and eight to a woman in the first stage of pregnancy.
32.Though the child of a poor woman, the accustomed rites must be performed.
33.Since the woman came to my house, even gold has become a common thing.
34.When one’s sister is weeping for a cloth, is it to be given to a woman who resembles her?
35.The rice for a woman who has borne one child, is on the swinging tray, that of the woman who has borne four, is in the middle of the street.
36.Is a ceremony of nine days to be performed for a destitute woman?
37.Having set out to run will it do for him to be behind an old Woman?
38.The Vaduga woman’s wedding is come nigh.
39.Are toe-rings necessary when a woman goes out to get(?) the firewood?
40.Though the thread on the spindle diminishes, that on the neck of a kalla woman does not.
41.Will the woman who wept as she clung to the post of a marriage pandal at be silent when she attends a funeral? 42.The tears of a thievish woman are in her eyes, those of an abandoned woman are in her eyebrows. 43.A thievish woman has a kalam of tears in her eyes. 44.What avails a fence against a thievish woman, or an axe for cutting twigs?
45.A learned man and a fruitful woman will not suffer from want of food.
46.The story of a woman given in marriage to a man seen in a dream.
47.Have I seen kambu-millet for the first time, pound it without scattering thou nose bleeding woman? 48.Will a musician listen to the speech of an old woman?
49.The old woman is a katham from the horse, and the horse a katham from the old woman.
750.Neither the house of an old woman, nor the grove in which there are parrots, will be saved from ruin.
51.The donation to the perfumed dame being five fanams, is five fanams to be assigned to the blind woman, also?
52.Though she may leap joyously and pound the grain, the slave woman gets but one cake.
53.The horse is ten miles before you, and the old woman is ten miles behind you. 54.A woman is young till she bears a child, and cloth is new till it is washed.
55.Though a young woman may go on her way alone, yawning is never alone.
56.When young, a woman is full of hilarity, when old her portion is vexation.
57As the work of eight persons was stopped by reason of a blind woman going to fetch water.
58.Can the woman who digs up roots dance before a temple idol?
759.An ignorant man is despised even by women.
760.Strange women will not avail in adversity.
A thousand men may live together in harmony, whereas two women are unable to do so although they be sisters.
Where six marriages are being celebrated three women are pressing and pushing.
The eyes will be over-powered by the dancing of your women.
Moderation in food becomes women.
It is said that he who steals grain from the stack, will frighten away the women who may sweep the threshing floor.
Where there is a little wind fire will spread, where there is lust the affections will be fastened on women.
By wasting his substance on concubines he has become spare as a monkey, and by giving to common women he has become as dry as a stick.
If destitute of wealth, even one’s own married wife will not regard him.
770.It is said that the wife of a labourer is about to be confined, and that a castor plant will spring upon the midden.
A dwarf will destroy a family; his wife will destroy the whole village.
If the wife of a mountaineer is brought to bed, her husband takes the prescribed stimulant.
It becomes a lawful wife to honour her husband.
The wife of a blind man became intimate with a hunch-backed man. As if a blind man beats his wife.
Though she be a mere monkey, one should take a wife in one’s own tribe.
The horse knows his rider, and a wife her husband.
If the bowels of the house-wife burn, her cloth hanging on the line will burn also.
A stranger took possession of the wife of him who was watching her.
The wife of a thief is at any moment liable to become a widow.
780. Can the wife of a thief be consulted as an augur for the recovery of stolen property ?
Like the misery endured by him who embarked when there was a way by land, and by the husband who revealed to his wife that which he ought not.
Arrange it so that when he goes to weed the rye, he may also engage a wife for his younger brother.
The ship owner’s wife is in good condition as long as the ship is safe, but if that be lost she is a beggar.
The wife of a swordsman is at any moment liable to become a widow.
It is said that if an inexperienced man marries, he will wander about dragging his wife; through jungles and over bills.
Though you touch but one thing, touch what is good. Most likely referring to the choice of a wife. Having become the wife of the wretch, I am compelled to run instead of walking. An onkil fish knows the depth of the ocean, a wife knows her husband’s strength.
790.The story of a man taking a girl to wife in a village inhabited by the shameless. The husband is like an ear of corn, the wife is like a rice bin or grain receptacle.
Is a girl of five fit to be the wife to a man of fifty ?
On seeing me, thou hidest among the hemp, and on seeing my wife, thou hidest in a chatty. It is better to be the slave of the wealthy, than the wife of the indigent.
The wife of a poor man is sister-in-law to all.
Eight old men conjointly took to wife a bald-headed old woman.
When the ruler of a village forcibly takes away another man’s wife, to whom is be to make his complaint ?
It is said that he took to wife a blind girl having given away all he had.
Look to the temper, not beauty, to the connections not at money, when choosing a wife.
800. He who pays his debts cannot obtain money, nor can the labourer obtain a wife.
What! is it to speak manfully after deserting thy wife? Is the wife of the destitute the friend or companion of all ?
Acquiescence with the wishes of his wife was fatal to Rama.
Though a princess, she is the wife of the man who has taken her in marriage.
Of what use is a wife to him who cannot govern her?
A wife who has no connections is to be preferred and so the friendship of one.
Of what use is the favour of a midwife to her who has lost her husband?
The five children borne by the mendicant’s wife are all weakling.
If there be heartfelt love, there will be deferential regard.
Spoken of a devoted wife who has a cruel husband.
810.The story of a scrupulously chaste wife who addressed her husband as Appa, father.
An over-suspicious man lost his wife and carried her sixty miles, weeping. Some mischievous persons having concealed her in a box employed him to carry it to the sea-shore.
Like one standing on a grindstone and looking at Arundathi. Arundathi is a star in the Great Bear regarded as the wife de Vasishta, a pattern of chastity. This star is pointed out to the bride at the marriage ceremony.
Although one may live six months with an elder brother, one cannot abide with his wife even half an hour. The first condition is proverbially difficult, how much more so the second?
Like saying to a man how many boys have you, and how many girls, when he has not a wife to whom he can say, Adi.
A disobedient wife is an evil both to her mother and to one’s self. Spoken of a person inimical alike to two parties.
820. A disobedient wife and a self-willed husband. Said of uncongenial society.
If possessed of five and three, even a young girl may make a curry. The five are acid, pepper, salt, mustard and cumin; the three are water, fuel and fire. This proverb is used by a man when his wife has prepared a curry that does not please him.
Are five young birds a curry? Is a young girl a wife?
If destitute of wealth, even one’s own married wife will not regard him.
Having ascertained the character of the family give your daughter in marriage, and knowing the worthiness of the applicant give alms.
The fever of fowls and the jealousy of a spiteful woman have no remedy.
An idle woman pleads her child in excuse for her faults, a shameless woman, her husband.
To a shuffling woman a quarter measure for a meal, to a worthless block half a measure.
830. A lazy woman neglects her work, and lays the blame on her child.
TAMIL PROVERBS ARE TAKEN FROM REV.PERCIVAL COLLECTION OF 6000 PROVERBS. THANKS TO PROJECT MADURAI FOR PUBLISHING IT IN FULL.
I HAVE GIVEN 300 PROVERBS ON WOMEN IN TAMIL A FEW YEARS AGO.
To be continued…………………..
Tags- Dravidian proverbs, One Thousand, Proverbs on Women, Wives and Daughters, part 28
PM Modi presented Daruma Doll in Japan: Read what is the doll, its significance in Japanese culture, and its connection to India through Bodhidharma
The Indian connection to the Daruma Doll lies in its very origin, the figure of Bodhidharma, the Zen Buddhist monk from India.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing visit to Japan, he was gifted a Daruma Doll, a symbolic gift deeply rooted in Japanese culture and history. The doll was presented to him by Rev Seishi Hirose, the Chief Priest of the Shorinzan Daruma-ji Temple in Takasaki. The Daruma Doll, a simple looking round figurine, carries profound meaning in Japan and also has a unique connection to India.
The Daruma Doll, also known as “Dharma Doll,” represents Bodhidharma, the Indian Buddhist monk who travelled to China around the 5th or 6th century CE and founded the Zen school of Buddhism. Bodhidharma is known in Japan as Daruma Daishi. Over centuries, Bodhidharma became an iconic figure in East Asia, associated with meditation, resilience, and determination. In Japan, his story inspired the creation of the Daruma Doll, which embodies the spirit of never giving up.
The handmade doll itself is usually round, hollow, and weighted at the bottom with a round base so that it always returns to an upright position even if pushed over. This feature symbolizes the Japanese proverb “Nanakorobi yaoki” (fall down seven times, get up eight), a reminder of perseverance and bouncing back from setbacks.
Daruma Dolls are made of paper mache, and are traditionally coloured red. The letter Fukuiri is written at the bottom, which means here is happiness in it. The eyebrows represent a crane and the beard represents a turtle’s tail. There is a Japanese saying that cranes live 1000 years and turtles live 10000 years, and they are regularly used as symbols of celebration.
They are known as a symbol of perseverance and good luck, and are often used to represent setting and achieving goals. Traditionally, the doll has blank eyes. When someone sets a goal, they paint one eye black, and once the goal is achieved, they fill in the other eye, completing the doll’s vision and marking the fulfilment of determination.
At the end of the year, all the Daruma dolls are brought back to the temple they were purchased from. The returned dolls are burned in a traditional burning ceremony, called the daruma kuyō. This ceremony is generally held right after New Year’s Day. People then buy new Daruma dolls at the temple to be used in the new year.
Daruma dolls at a shop
The Shorinzan Daruma-ji Temple in Takasaki, where the doll originated, is the most famous centre of Daruma-making in Japan. The temple holds annual fairs where people buy new dolls, set fresh goals for the year, and return old dolls for ceremonial burning, symbolizing closure and renewal.
While the dolls are traditionally bought at the start of the new year and returned at the end of the year, they are available for purchase throughout the year. Moreover, people may keep them, instead of returning to a temple for ceremonial burning. Companies and political parties in Japan also buy the dolls to achieve desired goals.
Ceremonial burning of lucky Daruma Dolla
The Indian connection to the Daruma Doll lies in its very origin, the figure of Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma was a monk from southern India, often linked with the Kancheepuram region. His journey across Asia not only shaped the practice of Zen Buddhism but also influenced martial traditions like Shaolin Kung Fu in China.
As per legend, Bodhidharma lost his limbs by performing the Zen meditation Zazen for nine years. To represent this, Daruma dolls were made without limbs.
In Japan, his austere life of meditation and endurance became the foundation of the Daruma legend. Thus, while the doll is a quintessentially Japanese cultural object, its spiritual roots trace back to India.
For India, receiving the Daruma Doll during Modi’s visit is more than a ceremonial gesture. It symbolizes the deep cultural bonds shared between India and Japan through the legacy of Buddhism
In essence, the Daruma Doll is far more than a decorative artifact or a religious symbol. It is a centuries-old reminder of how Indian philosophy travelled abroad, adapted into new traditions, and continues to inspire millions with its message of unwavering determination.OPINDIA REPORT.
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