Thirukural written by Thiruvalluvar consists of three books, the first book on Aram (the Way or Dharma), the second on Porul (Material or Artha) and the third on Inbam (Joy or Kama).

There are 37 chapters in the first book, the first four called Payiram or Prefactory Matter, the next twenty about Ill-Aram (the householder’s Dharma) and the next thirteen about Turavaram (the path of Renunciation). The second book on Porul contains seventy chapters, the first twenty dealing with Kings and their Duties, the succeeding thirty two chapters with the other matters concerning the State, and next thirteen, with Sundry Concerns. The third book on Inbam contains twenty five chapters, the first seven being on Pre Marital Love (Kalavu) and the next eighteen on Marital Love.

There are 133 chapters in all, each chapter contains ten distichs in the metre known as Kural and the work itself is now called by that name.

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1216. நனவென ஒன்றில்லை ஆயின்

1216. Nanavena Ondrillai Aayin

  • குறள் #
    1216
  • பால்
    இன்பத்துப்பால் (Inbaththuppaal) - Love
  • இயல்
    கற்பியல் (Karpiyal) - The Post-Marital Love
  • அதிகாரம்
    கனவுநிலை உரைத்தல் (Kanavunilai Uraiththal)
    The Visions of the Night
  • குறள்
    நனவென ஒன்றில்லை ஆயின் கனவினால்
    காதலர் நீங்கலர் மன்.
  • விளக்கம்
    நனவு என்று சொல்லப்படுவது ஒன்று இல்லையானால், கனவில் வந்து கூடிய காதலர் என்னை விட்டுப் பிரிய மாட்டார்.
  • Translation
    in English
    And if there were no waking hour, my love
    In dreams would never from my side remove.
  • Meaning
    Were there no such thing as wakefulness, my beloved (who visited me) in my dream would not depart from me.
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