Introduction Thirukkural
Introduction Thirukkural
Thirukkural was written by Thiruvalluvar who was also known as Poiyaamozhilpulavar & Theivappulavar. It has a total of 133 Chapters. There are a total of 1330 couplets; ten couplets per chapter. All these fall into the three main divisions called ‘virtue,’‘Wealth’ and ‘pleasure.’
There are a total of two Catergories in Love (Kamathupal or Inpathupal) which comes last of the three divisions. One is ‘Pre-marital Love’ and the other is ‘Post-marital love’. There are 7 chapters in Pre-marital love and there are 18 chapters on Post-marital Love. So Kamathupal has a total of 25 chapters and 250 couplets.
Pre-Marital Love – 7
Post Marital Love – 18
There are a total of 9 sub-catergories within Thirukkural, 133 chapters and 1330 couplets in Thirukkural.
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