S. Srinivasan is an Indian civil engineer, who is best known for translating the
Tirukkural
The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' (), or shortly the ''Kural'' (), is a classic Tamil language text on commoner's morality consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or Kural (poetic form), kurals, of seven words each. The text is divided into three books wit ...
into
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
.
Biography
S. Srinivasan was born in
Kollegal
Kollegal (or Kollegala) is the Major taluk in the Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka State in the south of India. Kollegala is well known for its silk industry which attracts traders from all over the state.
History
Until 1956, Kollegala ...
in
Karnataka
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into a Tamil-speaking family. He did his schooling at Tharagapura and
Alahalli villages. He then attended
St. Philomena's College in
Mysore
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and Sri Ramakrishna Mission Polytechnic at
Coimbatore
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. He began his career in 1965 as civil engineer and retired in 2003.
He then started writing for the Tamil magazine ''Udayam'' and came to be known to the Tamil readers as 'Udayam' Srinivasan.
His translation of
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad (19 May 1938 – 10 June 2019) was an Indian playwright, actor, film director, Kannada writer, and a Jnanpith awardee, who predominantly worked in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi films. His rise as a playwr ...
's 'Hayavadhana' was staged at the Delhi Tamil Sangam.
In 2014, Srinivasan translated the entire Kural text into Kannada in verse. It was published by the
Central Institute of Classical Tamil
The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) is a body established by the Government of India with a view to promoting the cause of Tamil language, Classical Tamil. It is located in Chennai.
History
The CICT was formerly known as the Centre ...
in
Chennai
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.
See also
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Tirukkural translations
Tirukkural, also known as the Kural, an ancient Indian treatise on the Secular ethics, ethics and morality of the commoner, is one of the List of literary works by number of translations, most widely translated non-religious works in the world. A ...
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Tirukkural translations into Kannada
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List of translators
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References
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Tamil–Kannada translators
Translators of the Tirukkural into Kannada
Tirukkural translators