Thirukkural in Oriya

Thirukkural in Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)

Surprisingly, there are five translations of the Kural in Oriya, all published after the 80s. To the best of my knowledge, the latest one was by Biswanath Misra who translated the classic in 1996 (see table below).

Publications of Tirukkural in Oriya language
No	Year	Translator	Titles	Publishers	Remarks
1	1978	Chittaranjan Das	Kural [Oriya]	Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan	154 p.
2	1985	Kshirod Dash	Tirukkuralu	Sambalpur,	A translations in verse
3	1992	Nityanada Acharya	Tirukkural: Book of Sacred Couplets	Agragami Karyalaya, Balangir, Orissa	Only the first two books translated
4	1994	G.N. Das	‘Vidyapuri’	Publishers of Cuttack	Complete translation in verse
5	1996	Biswanath Misra	Tirukkural	Bhubaneswar

The translation I have managed to procure is that of G.N. Das. Published by Vidyapuri publishers, Cuttack, the work is a complete translation in verse. Mr. Das's Oriya translation is based on a Hindi translation of Tirukkural by M.G. Venkatakrishnan. He has also apparently referred to the English translations by P.S. Sundaram and Drew & Lezarus and Sanskrit translation by S.N. Sriramadesikan.^[1] Mr. Das was an IAS officer who, after his retirement in 1972, undertook the study of saintly literatures, especially that of Kabir.

Looking forward to convert G.N. Das's Oriya translation into electronic form.
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An introduction to the translations of Tirukkural (in English)

An introduction to the Kural and its author (in English)

^[1] Sundararajan, S. 1997 Foreword. In: Thirukkural in Oriya. Translator: G.N. Das. Vidyapuri, Cuttack. Pp vii.