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{{Translation sidebar}}[[Hindi]] perhaps has many translations of the [[Tirukkural]]. As of 2000, there were at least 19 translations of the Kural text available in Hindi. Many of these translations are in verse form.

==History==
The first translation of the Kural text into Hindi was probably made by Khenand Rakat, who published the translated work in 1924.<ref name="Polilan2019">{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050 |url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|access-date= |page=680|language=Tamil|isbn= }}</ref><ref name="GeoCities_Hindi"/> Khan Chand Rahit published a translation in 1926.<ref name="CICT_KuralPunjabi">{{cite book
| last = Bedi
| first = Tarlochan Singh
| title = Tirukkural in Punjabi
| publisher = Central Institute of Classical Tamil
| edition = First
| date = 2012
| location = Chennai
| language = ta, pa
| isbn =978-93-81744-02-4
}}</ref> In 1958, the [[University of Madras]] published a translation by Sankar Raju Naidu under the title "Tamil Ved."<ref name="CICT_KuralPunjabi"/> In 1964, another translation was published by M. G. Venkatakrishnan, whose second edition appeared in 1998.<ref name="Polilan2019"/><ref name="GeoCities_Hindi"/><ref>{{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 = 135–136
}}</ref> In 1967, another translation was published under the title "Uttar Ved."<ref name="CICT_KuralPunjabi"/> In 1982, a translation of 700 couplets of the Kural text was published under the title "Satsai."<ref name="CICT_KuralPunjabi"/> There was yet another Hindi translation in 1989.<ref name="CICT_KuralPunjabi"/> In 1990, T. E. S. Raghavan rendered a poetic rendition in couplet form in 'Venba' metre as in the source, following four words in the first line and three in the second.<ref name="TH_Raghavan">{{cite news | last = | first = | title = Translator wants Tirukkural couplets to be displayed in planes, trains | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | publisher = Kasturi & Sons | date = 23 September 2021 | url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/translator-wants-tirukkural-couplets-to-be-displayed-in-planes-trains/article36621486.ece | access-date = 8 March 2022}}</ref> In 2000, a translation by Ananda Sandhidut was published under the title ''Kural Kavitā Valī''.<ref name="GeoCities_Hindi">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geocities.ws/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Hind-Int.htm
| title = तिरुक्कुरल हिन्दी भाषा में
| last = Ashraf
| first = N. V. K.
| orig-year = October 2005| date = March 2007
| website = GeoCities
| access-date = 14 April 2017
}}</ref>

In 2023, as part of its Ancient Tamil Classics in Translations series, the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Chennai released its Hindi translation of the Kural by M. Govindarajan, who made the translation in both verse and prose.

==Translations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="text-align:center; width:25%;" rowspan="2"|Translation
!colspan="2"|Chapter 26, माँस-वर्जन
|-
!''Kural'' 254 (Couplet 26:4)
!''Kural'' 258 (Couplet 26:8)
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''M. G. Venkatakrishnan, 1964''||निर्दयता है जीववध, दया अहिंसा धर्म।<br>करना माँसाहार है, धर्म हीन दुष्कर्म॥ ||जीव-हनन से छिन्न जो, मृत शरीर है माँस।<br>दोषरहित तत्वज्ञ तो, खायेंगे नहीं माँस॥
|}

==See also==
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[List of Tirukkural translations by language]]
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
* Venkatakrishnan, M. G. (1998). ''Thirukkural.'' Chennai: Sakthi Finance Ltd.

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[[Category:Tirukkural translations by language|Hindi]]
[[Category:Translations into Hindi]]

Tirukkural translations into Hindi - Revision history

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