Thirukkural — திருக்குறள்

The Thirukkural (திருக்குறள்) is a classical Tamil text composed by the poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar (திருவள்ளுவர்) around the 1st century BCE to 5th century CE. It consists of 1,330 couplets (kurals) organised into 133 chapters (adhigarams) across three books (paals): Virtue (அறத்துப்பால் — 38 chapters), Wealth (பொருட்பால் — 70 chapters), and Love (காமத்துப்பால் — 25 chapters). Each couplet is a tightly-metered verse of seven words (4 + 3) conveying ethical, political, or romantic insight. Thirukural.AI provides AI-powered search and explanation of all 1,330 kurals, including the V.R. Ramachandra Dikshitar (1949) English translation and four classical Tamil commentaries (Mu. Varadarajanar, Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, Parimēlazhakar, and Solomon Pappaiya).