மணிநீரும் மண்ணும் மலையும் அணிநிழற் காடும் உடைய தரண்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 742 ↗Kural 742
A fort is that which owns fount of waters crystal clear, An open space, a hill, and shade of beauteous forest near.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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