INTRODUCTION TO
THE STUDY OF TIRUVALLUVAR
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A Lecture by Prof.Avvai Duraisami Pillai
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Part – 95
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It is also common among the Tamils to interpret sneezing as a psycho-physical indication of the thought rising in the mind of the lovers, friends and relatives living in distant places. Once the wife was about to sneeze but suddenly it passed away. As per the Tamilian conception of sneezing, her husband would have wished to think at first about her but it must have been given up immediately. As the heroine of Valluvar is a well accomplished lady, she could not rely upon its truth and asks her companion whether her husband instead of continuing to think of her, diverts his mind at once towards something else.
நினைப்பவர் போன்று நினையார் கொல் தும்மல்
சினைப்பது போன்று கெடும் (96)
Her friend’s reply fails to convince her, and thereupon she gets heated and utters that her husband who excluded her from his mind should feel ashamed of appearing frequently in her mental
தம்நெஞ்சத்து எம்மைக் கடிகொண்டார் நாணார்கொல்
எம்நெஞ்சத்து ஓவா வரல் (97)
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