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Kural 747

Kural 747 · The Fortification

முற்றியும் முற்றா தெறிந்தும் அறைப்படுத்தும் பற்றற் கரியது அரண்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

A fort should be impregnable to foes who gird it round, Or aim there darts from far, or mine beneath the ground.

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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