Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese
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As of 2015, the Tirukkuṟaḷ has been translated into Sinhalese at least twice.[1]
The first Sinhalese translation of the Tirukkuṟaḷ was made by Govokgada Misihamy,[2] with the assistance of S. Thambaiah, in 1961 under the title Thiruvalluvar's Kural. Mishamy considered his work an 'adaptation' rather than a translation, as he believed that no translation of a classic into a foreign language could do justice to the original.[3]
Another translation of the Kural text was made by Charles De Silva in 1964, and was published by the Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya.[2][3]
Translations
| Translation | Chapter 26, මස් කෑමෙන් වැළකීම | |
|---|---|---|
| Kural 254 (Couplet 26:4) | Kural 258 (Couplet 26:8) | |
| Govokgada Misihamy, 1961 | කූළුණ සහනු කූළුණ - පර පණ රැකූම නැසුමයි එහෙයින් පණ නැසුව - සිරුරෙ මස් කෑම අදහම් වේ. | වරදින් මිදි ඇති - පැහැදිලි දැනුම් ඇත්තෝ අනෙකකූගේ සිරුරේ - මසක් නුබුදිති කිසිම ලෙසකින්. |
