Avvai's Aphorisms in Tamil & English

Avvaiyar is an immortal Tamil poetess. All her works were aimed at educating children .She lived in the 13th century .But all her works are still relevant. All of them are didactic in nature.She authored 4 literary works mainly for educating children. They are 'Athichudi Moothurai, Kontrai Venthan and Nalvazhi ' These are the Tamil titles of those 4 great literary works of Avvaiyar. Athichudi is a set of maxims for children .Moothurai is all about the time honored wisdom shared by Avvai for the benefit of children .Konthai Venthan is again a set of nuggets by Avvai Nalvazhi is all about 'Good Conduct'..Avvai is known to all Tamil children as the grand old lady and is fondly known as 'Avvai Patti ' (means granny).All her nuggets are short pithy statements known for its brevity. To understand the mastery and command of Avvai over the Tamil language I decided to make this eBook bilingual, the original Tamil verses are also given in this eBook alongside the English Translations.