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Table of Contents

  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Preface
    1. Thiruvalluvar
    2. The Kural
    3. Part I—Righteousness
    4. Part II—Wealth
    5. Part III—Love
    6. The Verse
    7. Parimêlajahar
  4. The Kural
    1. Introduction
      1. I: In Praise of the Lord
      2. II: In Praise of Rain
      3. III: The Greatness of Those Who Have Renounced the World
      4. IV: The Glorification of Righteousness
    2. Part I: Righteousness
      1. Section I: The Life of the Householder
        1. V: Family Life
        2. VI: The Blessings of a Good Helpmate
        3. VII: Offspring
        4. VIII: Love
        5. IX: Hospitality
        6. X: Kindness of Speech
        7. XI: Gratitude
        8. XII: Uprightness of Heart
        9. XIII: Self-Control
        10. XIV: Purity of Conduct
        11. XV: Non-Desiring of Another Man’s Wife
        12. XVI: Forgiveness
        13. XVII: Non-Envying
        14. XVIII: Non-Coveting
        15. XIX: Refraining from Slander
        16. XX: Refraining from Vain Speaking
        17. XXI: Fear of Evildoing
        18. XXII: Complaisance
        19. XXIII: Charity
        20. XXIV: Glory
      2. Section II: The Life of the Ascetic
        1. Subdivision A: Discipline
          1. XXV: Mercy
          2. XXVI: Abjuring of Flesh-Meat
          3. XXVII: Tapas
          4. XXVIII: Imposture
          5. XXIX: Abstaining from Fraud
          6. XXX: Truthfulness
          7. XXXI: Abstaining from Anger
          8. XXXII: Non-Injuring
          9. XXXIII: Non-Killing
        2. Subdivision B: Wisdom
          1. XXXIV: The Vanity of All Things
          2. XXXV: Renunciation
          3. XXXVI: Realisation of the Truth
          4. XXXVII: The Killing of Desire
          5. XXXVIII: Destiny
    3. Part II: Wealth
      1. Section I: The Prince
        1. XXXIX: The Qualifications of the Prince
        2. XL: Learning
        3. XLI: The Neglecting of Instruction
        4. XLII: Listening to the Instruction of the Wise
        5. XLIII: The Understanding
        6. XLIV: Eschewing of Faults
        7. XLV: Courting the Friendship of the Worthy
        8. XLVI: Keeping Aloof from Vulgar Company
        9. XLVII: Deliberation Before Action
        10. XLVIII: Judging of Strength
        11. XLIX: Judging the Opportune Moment
        12. L: Judging of Place
        13. LI: Testing of Men for Confidence
        14. LII: Testing and Employment of Men
        15. LIII: Cherishing of Kindred
        16. LIV: Guarding Against Insouciance
        17. LV: Just Government
        18. LVI: Tyranny
        19. LVII: Abstaining from Deeds That Cause Trepidation
        20. LVIII: Considerateness
        21. LIX: The Service of Intelligence
        22. LX: Energy
        23. LXI: Abstention from Sloth
        24. LXII: Manly Exertion
        25. LXIII: Intrepidity in the Face of Misfortune
      2. Section II: The Members of the Body Politic
        1. LXIV: The Councillor of State
        2. LXV: Eloquence
        3. LXVI: Purity of Action
        4. LXVII: Decision of Character
        5. LXVIII: The Conduct of Affairs
        6. LXIX: The Ambassador
        7. LXX: Comporting Oneself Before Princes
        8. LXXI: Judging by Looks
        9. LXXII: Judging of the Audience
        10. LXXIII: Self-Confidence Before an Audience
        11. LXXIV: The Country
        12. LXXV: Fortresses
        13. LXXVI: The Acquisition of Wealth
        14. LXXVII: The Characteristics of the Army
        15. LXXVIII: The Self-Abandon of the Warrior
        16. LXXIX: Friendship
        17. LXXX: Testing of Fitness for Friendship
        18. LXXXI: Intimacy
        19. LXXXII: The Friendship That Injureth
        20. LXXXIII: False Friendship
        21. LXXXIV: Folly
        22. LXXXV: Conceited Folly
        23. LXXXVI: The Defiant Spirit
        24. LXXXVII: The Characteristics of Enemies
        25. LXXXVIII: The Appraising of Enemies
        26. LXXXIX: The Traitor in the Camp
        27. XC: Refraining from Offending the Great Ones
        28. XCI: Submission to Wife Government
        29. XCII: Prostitutes
        30. XCIII: Abstaining from Drink
        31. XCIV: Gambling
        32. XCV: Medicine
      3. Section III: Miscellaneous
        1. XCVI: Respectability of Birth
        2. XCVII: Honour
        3. XCVIII: Greatness
        4. XCIX: Worth
        5. C: Courteousness
        6. CI: The Wealth That Is Not Put to Good Use
        7. CII: Sensitiveness to Shame
        8. CIII: Advancing the Family
        9. CIV: Husbandry
        10. CV: Indigence
        11. CVI: Begging
        12. CVII: The Dread of Beggary
        13. CVIII: The Degraded Life
    4. Part III: Love
      1. Section I: The Secret Marriage
        1. CIX: The Wound That Beauty Inflicteth
        2. CX: Reading of the Heart by Signs
        3. CXI: In Praise of the Union
        4. CXII: In Praise of Her Beauty
        5. CXIII: The Glorification of Love
        6. CXIV: Overpassing the Bounds of Decorum
        7. CXV: The Public Humour
      2. Section II: Chastity
        1. CXVI: The Pangs of Separation
        2. CXVII: Bewailing the Pangs of Separation and Pining Away
        3. CXVIII: The Wasting of the Eyes Through Wistful Longing
        4. CXIX: Bewailing the Pallor of Pining Love
        5. CXX: Anguish of Heart That the Husband Feeleth Not as Oneself
        6. CXXI: Sighing for the Absent One
        7. CXXII: In Praise of the Dream-State
        8. CXXIII: Sighing at the Approach of Evening
        9. CXXIV: The Wasting Away of Her Lovely Form
        10. CXXV: Addressing One’s Own Heart
        11. CXXVI: The Losing of the Sense of a Dignified Reserve
        12. CXXVII: The Longing of the Lovers to Meet
        13. CXXVIII: Reading the Secret Thought
        14. CXXIX: The Impatience of the Pair to Fly to Each Other’s Arms
        15. CXXX: Chiding the Heart
        16. CXXXI: Bouderie
        17. CXXXII: The Finesses of Bouderie
        18. CXXXIII: The Charm of Bouderie
  5. Endnotes
  6. Colophon
  7. Uncopyright

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  1. The Kural
  2. Endnotes