THE KURAL
OR
The Maxims of Tiruvalluvar
TRANSLATED BY
V. V. S. AIYAR
One of the highest and purest expressions of human thought.—M. Ariel.
As essentially the highest type of verbal and moral excellence among the Tamil people as ever Homer was among the Greeks.—Gover.
PUBLISHED BY
SUBRAHMANYA SHIVA
8 Pichu Pillai Street, Mylapore, Madras S.
1916