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By 2017, there were at least six translations of the [[Tirukkural]] in [[Odia language|Odia]], all published after the 1970s.

==History of translations==
The first translation of the Kural text in Odia appeared in 1978 by [[Chittaranjan Das (writer)|Chittaranjan Das]], which was published by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in [[Bhubaneswar]].{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–31}}<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 |page=682|year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|language=Tamil}}</ref> The list of Kural translations in Odia appears in the following table.{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!|No.
! Year
! Translator
! Title
! Location and Publisher
! Notes
|-
||1 || 1978|| [[Chittaranjan Das (writer)|Chittaranjan Das]]<ref name="Polilan2019"/>{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}} || Kural [Oriya] || [[Bhubaneswar]]: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan || Appeared in 154 pages.
|-
||2 || 1985 || Kshirod Dash<ref name="Polilan2019"/>{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}} || Tirukkuralu || [[Sambalpur]]|| A translations in verse
|-
||3 ||1992 || Nityanada Acharya<ref name="Polilan2019"/>{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}} || Tirukkural: Book of Sacred Couplets|| [[Balangir]], [[Odisha|Orissa]]: Agragami Karyalaya || Translated only the first two parts ([[Aram (Kural book)|Virtue]] and [[Porul (Kural book)|Wealth]])
|-
||4 ||1994 || [[Gananath Das]]<ref name="Polilan2019"/>{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}} || || [[Cuttack]]: Vidyapuri Publishers || Complete translation in verse. Based on the [[Tirukkural translations into Hindi|Hindi translation]] of Tirukkural by M. G. Venkatakrishnan
|-
||5 || 1996 || Biswanath Misra<ref name="Polilan2019"/>{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=30–37}} || Tirukkural || [[Bhubaneswar]] ||
|-
||6 || 2017 || Balaram Rout || Thirukkural || Delhi ([[Sahitya Akademi]]) ||
|}

G. N. Das's translation is based on the [[Tirukkural translations into Hindi|Hindi translation]] of the Tirukkural by M. G. Venkatakrishnan, and is also influenced by the [[Tirukkural translations into English|English translations]] by P. S. Sundaram and [[William Henry Drew (Christian missionary)|Drew]]–[[John Lazarus (Christian missionary)|Lazarus]] and [[Tirukkural translations into Sanskrit|Sanskrit translation]] by [[S. N. Sriramadesikan|S. N. Srirama Desikan]].{{sfn|Tamilselvan et al., 2017|pp=31–32}}<ref>{{cite book
| last = Sundararajan
| first = S.
| title = Foreword. In: ''Thirukkural in Oriya'' (G. N. Das, Trans.)
| publisher = Vidyapuri
| date = 1997
| location = Cuttack
| pages = vii
| language = Odia
}}</ref> Das retired from his IAS career in 1972, after which he took to studying saintly literatures, especially that of [[Kabir]].<ref name="OOCities_Oriya">{{cite web
| url = http://www.oocities.org/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Ory-Int.htm
| title = Thirukkural in Oriya
| website = OOCities
| access-date = 22 April 2017
}}</ref> In 2017, Balaram Rout made another translation, which was published by [[Sahitya Akademi]] in Delhi.

In 2022, as part of its Ancient Tamil Classics in Translations series, the [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] (CICT) in Chennai released its Odia translation of the Kural by Giribala Mohanty.

==See also==
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Literature|Poetry}}
* [[Tirukkural translations]]
* [[List of Tirukkural translations by language]]

== Citations ==
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== References ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Tamilselvan | first1 = R. | last2 = Manimala | first2 = J. | last3 = Murali | first3 = M. | last4 = Mathan | first4 = V. P. S. | last5 = Amirtharaj | first5 = T. Vijay | title = உலக மொழிகளில் திருக்குறள் மொழிபெயர்ப்புகள் [Tirukkural translations in world languages] | publisher = Kaavya | edition = 1st | date = 2017 | location = Chennai |isbn=978-93-86576-35-4 |ref={{sfnRef|Tamilselvan et al., 2017}} }}
{{refend}}

==Published Translations==
* G. N. Das. (1997). ''Thirukkural in Oriya'' (Foreword by S. Sundararajan). Cuttack: Vidyapuri.

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

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