Thiruvalluvar
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Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.
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Top works
- The Kural
- Tirukkural Handbook of Tamil Culture and Heritage
- THIRUKKURAL
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Most cited works
- Synthesis, Crystal Structure, DFT Calculations and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of 3-Chloro-3-methyl-r(2),c(6)-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)piperidin-4-one2019 · 53 cit
- 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-1<i>H</i>-imidazole2010 · 22 cit
- 4,5-Dimethyl-2-phenyl-1-(<i>p</i>-tolyl)-1<i>H</i>-imidazole2010 · 16 cit
- Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopic characterization, DFT calculations, Hirshfeld surface analysis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulation investigations of novel pyrazolopyranopyrimidine derivatives2023 · 15 cit
- 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1,4,5-triphenyl-1<i>H</i>-imidazole2010 · 15 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Synthesis, Crystal Structure, DFT Calculations and Hirshfeld Surface Analysis of 3-Chloro-3-methyl-r(2),c(6)-bis(p-methoxyphenyl)piperidin-4-one
· 2019 · cited 53x
- Synthesis, characterization and dose dependent antimicrobial and anti-cancerous activity of phycogenic silver nanoparticles against human hepatic carcinoma (HepG2) cell line
· 2016 · cited 26x
- 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-1-(4-methylphenyl)-1<i>H</i>-imidazole
· 2010 · cited 22x
- Vortex formation and vortex lattices in a Bose-Einstein condensate with Lee-Huang-Yang (LHY) correction
· 2019 · cited 18x
- Stability analysis of stochastic fractional-order competitive neural networks with leakage delay
· 2021 · cited 18x
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Quotes
- “There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.”
- “The worth of a wife is a man’s good fortune;His jewels are his good children.”
- “The gruel that children’s little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.”
- “To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand,Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.”
- “The wound that’s made by fire will heal,But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
- “To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;To bear with fools is mightiest might.”
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Key facts
- Philosopher.region
- Tondai Nadu of Tamil Nadu
- Philosopher.name
- Thiruvalluvar
- Philosopher.image
- Stamp of India - 1960 - Colnect 141769 - 1 - Thiruvalluvar Commemoration.jpeg
- Philosopher.caption
- Thiruvalluvar on an Indian stamp (1960)
- Philosopher.spouse
- Vasuki
- Philosopher.birth_date
- Uncertain
- Philosopher.birth_place
- Birthplace unknown; probably Mylapore, Chennai
- Philosopher.school_tradition
- Indian philosophy
- Philosopher.language
- Old Tamil
- Philosopher.notable_students
- Elelasingan
- Philosopher.notable_works
- Kural
- Philosopher.notable_ideas
- Secular ethics and morality
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Life
- Traditional biographies
- Date
- Birthplace
- Religion
- Other religious claims
- Literary works
- Reception
- Temples
- Memorials
- Music
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.
Almost no authentic information is available about Valluvar, states Kamil Zvelebil – a scholar of Tamil literature. His life and likely background are variously inferred from his literary works by different biographers. There are unauthentic hagiographic and legendary accounts of Valluvar's life, and all major Indian religions, as well as Christian missionaries of the 19th century, have tried to claim him as secretly inspired (crypto-) or originally belonging to their tradition. Little is known with certainty about his family background, religious affiliation, or birthplace. He is believed to have lived at least in the town of Mylapore (a neighbourhood of the present-day Chennai), and his floruit is dated variously from fourth century BCE to early fifth century CE, based on the traditional accounts and the linguistic analyses of his writings. Kamil Zvelebil infers the '''' and Valluvar are best dated to around 500 CE.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thiruvalluvar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.