![]() ![]() In the words of Albert Schweitzer, "kural" means short strophe. The word kural applies in general to something that is short or abridged. Kuruvenpāttu came to be called kural pāttu and, eventually, kural. Tolkappiyam divides various types of Tamil poetic forms into two, namely, kuruvenpāttu and neduvenpāttu. Tirukkural was originally known as 'Muppāl', meaning three-sectioned book, as presented by its author himself at the king's court, since it contained three sections, viz., 'Aram', 'Porul' and 'Inbam'. Ariel, a French scholar of the 19th century who translated the work into French, famously said of the Kural thus: Ce livre sans nom, par un autre sans nom ("The book without a name by an author without a name"). The work is known by an estimated 44 names excluding variants, although some scholars list even more. All the names that the work is referred by today are given by later days' scholars over the millennia. Originally referred to as Muppāl, perhaps as presented by its author Valluvar himself at the ruler's court, the work remains unique among ancient works in that it was not given any title by its author himself. Tirukkural, or the Kural, an ancient Indian treatise on common moralities, has been given by various names ever since its writing between the first century BCE and the 5th century CE.
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