Thirukkural translations in Marathi (மராத்தியில் திருக்குறள் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு)

Marathi is one of the official languages of the Indian Republic with a fairly ancient, long and diverse literary his- tory unlike most of the Indo-Aryan languages of India. The first translation of the Thirukkural into Marathi, a publication from Pune, was done in 1948 by freedom fighter, author and social activist P.S. Sane Guruji. There is an interesting history behind the Marathi translation. Sane Guruji, a pop- ular writer and great patriot, translated the Kural in 1930 while he was a political prisoner in the Tiruchirappalli jail. He is said to have used the V.V.S. Ayyar’s English trans- lation of the Kural as the basis. It took nearly 18 years for the work to get published, but a second edition appeared in 1960 and a reprint of the same appeared in 1975 and 1987, and very recently in 2018. Sane Guruji’s translation is a complete translation of the entire Kural. The 2018 reprint was until recently available for sale on the net. Two more translations have appeared since then, the recent only be- ing a publication by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in 2022

Thirukkural translation in Marathi by N.Lalitha

Other translations in Marathi:

•  Sane Guruji, P.S. Theen Purushartha: Kural. Con- tinental Prakashan, Pune. Second Edition in 1960. Reprint in 1975 and 1987. First Edition in 1948.
•  Joshi, Purushotham Dinkar. तिरुवळ्ळुवर्विरचिततिरुक्कुरळ (मराठीअनुवाद). Thiruvalluvar Virchit Tirukkurural (Marathi trans- lation). Maharashtra State Board of Literature and Culture, Prabhadevi, Mumbai – 400 002, 1977

Source: Thirukkural Translations in World Languages by ValaiTamil Publication  ( https://estore.valaitamil.com/ )