Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese

As of 2015, the Tirukkuṟaḷ has been translated into Sinhalese at least twice.^[1]

Background[edit | edit source]

The first Sinhalese translation of the Tirukkuṟaḷ was made by Govokgada Misihamy,^[2] with the assistance of S. Thambaiah, in 1961 under the title Thiruvalluvar's Kural. Mishamy considered his work an 'adaptation' rather than a translation, as he believed that no translation of a classic into a foreign language could do justice to the original.^[3]

Another translation of the Kural text was made by Charles De Silva in 1964, and was published by the Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya.^[2]^[3]

Translations[edit | edit source]

Translation	Chapter 26, මස් කෑමෙන් වැළකීම
Translation	Kural 254 (Couplet 26:4)	Kural 258 (Couplet 26:8)
Govokgada Misihamy, 1961	කූළුණ සහනු කූළුණ - පර පණ රැකූම නැසුමයි එහෙයින් පණ නැසුව - සිරුරෙ මස් කෑම අදහම් වේ.	වරදින් මිදි ඇති - පැහැදිලි දැනුම් ඇත්තෝ අනෙකකූගේ සිරුරේ - මසක් නුබුදිති කිසිම ලෙසකින්.

References[edit | edit source]

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↑ Pallu, Nelza Mara; Mohanty, Panchanan; Durga, Shiva (May 2023). "Thirukkural Translations: A Sacred Text From the Town of Peacocks—Mayilâpûr India" (PDF). International Journal of Development Research. 13 (5): 62551–62553. doi:10.37118/ijdr.26323.05.2023 ( (inactive $1) 12 July 2025). ISSN 2230-9926. Retrieved 18 November 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Polilan; K. Gunathogai; Lena Kumar; Tagadur Sampath; Mutthamizh; G. Picchai Vallinayagam; D. Anbunidhi; K. V. Neduncheraladhan, eds. (2019). Tiruvalluvar 2050 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Periyar Enthusiasts Group. p. 685.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sanjeevi, N. (1973). Bibliography on Tirukkural. In First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers. Chennai: University of Madras. p. 139.

External links[edit | edit source]

Ashraf, N. V. K. (March 2008). "Thirukkural in Sinhalese". OOCities. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

[1] Pallu, Nelza Mara; Mohanty, Panchanan; Durga, Shiva (May 2023). "Thirukkural Translations: A Sacred Text From the Town of Peacocks—Mayilâpûr India" (PDF). International Journal of Development Research. 13 (5): 62551–62553. doi:10.37118/ijdr.26323.05.2023 ( (inactive $1) 12 July 2025). ISSN 2230-9926. Retrieved 18 November 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)

[Polilan2019-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Polilan; K. Gunathogai; Lena Kumar; Tagadur Sampath; Mutthamizh; G. Picchai Vallinayagam; D. Anbunidhi; K. V. Neduncheraladhan, eds. (2019). Tiruvalluvar 2050 (in Tamil) (1 ed.). Chennai: Periyar Enthusiasts Group. p. 685.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[TKSeminarPapers-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sanjeevi, N. (1973). Bibliography on Tirukkural. In First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers. Chennai: University of Madras. p. 139.

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Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese

Contents

Background[edit | edit source]

Translations[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]