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	'''P. C. Kokila''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ professor of Hindi, who is best known for translating the [[Tirukkural]] into [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans">{{cite news		'''P. C. Kokila''' is an Indian professor of Hindi, who is best known for translating the [[Tirukkural]] into [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans">{{cite news
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	Kokila translated the ancient Tamil moral work of the ''Tirukkural'', which was published in 2015 by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] and released by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans"/><ref name="TH_UnderTheSpell"/> She is the second translator of the work in Gujarati, after Najuklal Choksi in 1931 and [[Kantilal L. Kalani]] in 1971.<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers">{{cite book		Kokila translated the ancient Tamil moral work of the ''Tirukkural'', which was published in 2015 by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] and released by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans"/><ref name="TH_UnderTheSpell"/> She is the second translator of the work in Gujarati, after Najuklal Choksi in 1931 and [[Kantilal L. Kalani]] in 1971.<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers">{{cite book
	\| last = Sanjeevi ~~(Ed.)~~		\| editor-last = Sanjeevi
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	\| title = First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers		\| title = First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers
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	==See also==		==See also==
			{{Portal\|India\|Tamils\|Literature\|Poetry}}
	* [[Tirukkural translations]]		* [[Tirukkural translations]]
	* [[Tirukkural translations into Gujarati]]		* [[Tirukkural translations into Gujarati]]
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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|India\|Tamils\|Literature\|Poetry}}~~
	* [[Tirukkural translations]]		* [[Tirukkural translations]]
	* [[Tirukkural translations into Gujarati]]		* [[Tirukkural translations into Gujarati]]

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{{notability|academics|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = P. C. Kokila
| birth_name =
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| birth_place = [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| image = PM Modi releases the Gujarati translation of Thirukkural.jpg
| caption = Kokila with her [[Kural]] translation released by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] in 2015
| known_for = Translating [[Tirukkural]] into [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
| occupation = Professor
| father =
| mother =
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'''P. C. Kokila''' is an [[India]]n professor of Hindi, who is best known for translating the [[Tirukkural]] into [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans">{{cite news
| title = PM releases Gujarati translation of Thirukkural, on 'Thiruvalluvar Day'
| newspaper = Business Standard
| location = Delhi
| date = 16 January 2015
| url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/pm-releases-gujarati-translation-of-thirukkural-on-thiruvalluvarday-115011601100_1.html
| access-date = 22 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="TH_UnderTheSpell">{{cite news
| last = Krishnamachari
| first = Suganthy
| title = Under the spell of the Kural
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 20 November 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tirukkural-translations/article6618091.ece
| access-date = 14 October 2017}}</ref>

==Biography==
P. C. Kokila was born in [[Bhavnagar]] in [[Gujarat]]. In 1981, she completed her bachelor's degree in [[mathematics]] from the [[University of Madras]]. She completed her MA in [[Hindi]] from the [[Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha]] in 1984 and went on to obtain an MPhil in 1986 and a doctorate in 1994. In 1998, she completed her MA in philosophy and religion from the [[Madurai Kamaraj University]]. She began her career in 1986 as a Hindi pradhyapika (pundit) in Hindi Teaching Scheme of the Indian government's Ministry of Home Affairs. From 1988, she has been working in the Hindi department at the [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] in [[Chennai]] and became the associate professor and head of the department. She has presented 24 research papers, of which 16 have been published.<ref>{{cite book
| title = Tirukkural in Gujarati
| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
| edition = 1
| date = 2015
| location = Chennai
| pages = 428
| language = ta, gu
| isbn = 978-93-81-74419-2
}}</ref>

Kokila translated the ancient Tamil moral work of the ''Tirukkural'', which was published in 2015 by the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] and released by the Prime Minister of India [[Narendra Modi]].<ref name="BS_PMReleasesTrans"/><ref name="TH_UnderTheSpell"/> She is the second translator of the work in Gujarati, after Najuklal Choksi in 1931 and [[Kantilal L. Kalani]] in 1971.<ref name="TK_SeminarPapers">{{cite book
| last = Sanjeevi (Ed.)
| first = N.
| title = First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers
| publisher = University of Madras
| edition = 2
| date = 1973
| location = Chennai
| pages = 13
}}</ref>

Kokila considers the Tirukkural as the work that influenced [[Japanese literature|Japanese]] [[Haiku|Haiku poetry]], given the similarity between the two and both being spiritual and drawing examples from nature. According to her the travelling [[Buddhist monks]] acted as the conduits between the two cultures.<ref name="TH_UnderTheSpell"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Tamils|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[Tirukkural translations into Gujarati]]
* [[List of translators]]

==References==
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