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{{short description|French engineer and indologist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Pierre-Eugène Lamairesse
| image = Pierre Eugène Lamairesse.png
| caption = Pierre-Eugène Lamairesse around 1872
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1817|07|14}}<ref name="ArchivesNationales">{{cite web
| url = http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH094/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL1453035V006.htm
| title = Dossier: LH/1453/35
| date = n.d.
| website = Archives Nationales
| publisher = Archives Nationales
| access-date = 4 October 2020
}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Châlons-en-Champagne]], [[France]]
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|1898|04|17}}
| death_place = [[Hadjout|Marengo]] (Present-day [[Hadjout]]), [[Algeria]]
| nationality = French
| known_for = Third translator of Tirukkural into French
| notable_works = ''Tirukkural'' (1867)<br>''Kamasutra'' (1891)<br>''Prem Sagar'' (1893)
| education = Civil engineering
| alma_mater = [[École Polytechnique]]
| occupation = Civil and mining engineer, [[Indology|Indologist]]
| father = Jean-Baptiste-Cyprien Lamairesse
| mother =
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = Knight of the Legion of Honor
}}

'''Pierre-Eugène Lamairesse''' (14 July 1817 – 17 April 1898) was a [[French people|French]] civil and mining engineer. A former student of the [[École Polytechnique]], he was in charge of dams and other irrigation projects in [[Pondicherry]] and [[Karaikal]] in [[India]] between 1860 and 1866. He is best known for his translation of the [[Tirukkural]] and other ancient Indian works into [[French language|French]].<ref name="UoM_SeminarPapers">{{cite book
| last = Sanjeevi
| first = N.
| title = ''Bibliography on Tirukkural''. ''In'' First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers
| publisher = University of Madras
| date = 1973
| location = Chennai
| pages = 146
}}</ref>

==Early life==
Lamairesse was born on 14 July 1817 in [[Châlons-en-Champagne]], [[France]].<ref name="ArchivesNationales"/> He was the youngest son of Jean-Baptiste-Cyprien Lamairesse, a farmer and member of the Agricultural Society of Châlons. He graduated from the [[École Polytechnique]].

==Career==
[[Image:Candesvara 01348.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Statue of [[Chandeshvara]] (ninth century CE), one of the 63 [[Nayanars]], at the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of [[Châlons-en-Champagne]].]]

During his stay in [[India]], Lamairesse supervised many irrigation projects in [[Pondicherry]] and [[Karaikal]] between 1860 and 1866. With the help of the government in [[Madras Presidency|Madras]], he transported a large collection of statues from several abandoned temples of the [[Tamil Nadu|Tamil land]], which were presented at the World Fairs of 1867 and 1878 and later offered to the [[Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology]] at Châlons-en-Champagne.

==Literary works==
A polyglot, he translated many South Indian works including the [[Tirukkural]]. His Kural translation was published in 1867.<ref name="UoM_SeminarPapers"/> He also wrote on various subjects such as [[History of Japan|Japanese civilization]], the [[Koran]], the [[Buddha]], and the hydrology of [[France]], [[Algeria]] and India. Towards the end of his career, he moved to [[Algeria]]. His other translations include the ''Kamasutra'' (1891) and ''Prem Sagar'' (1893). He died on 17 April 1898 in [[Hadjout|Marengo]] (present-day [[Hadjout]]).

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

==References==
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