The traditional accounts describe it as the last work of the third, but linguistic analysis suggests a later date of 450 to 500 CE. The text has been dated variously from 300 BCE to 5th century CE. It was authored by, also known in full as Thiruvalluvar. Considered one of the greatest works ever written on ethics and morality, chiefly, it is known for its universality and non-denominational nature. It is one of the two oldest works now extant in in their entirety, the other being the. The Tirukkural (: திருக்குறள், literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic text consisting of 1,330 couplets or, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual.
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