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Kural 402

Kural 402 · Ignorance

கல்லாதான் சொற்கா முறுதல் முலையிரண்டும் இல்லாதாள் பெண்காமுற் றற்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Like those who doat on hoyden's undeveloped charms are they, Of learning void, who eagerly their power of words display.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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