Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese
As of 2015, Tirukkural has been translated into Sinhalese at least twice. Background. The first Sinhalese translation of the Tirukkural was made by Govokgada Misihamy, with the assistance of S. Thambaiah, in 1961 under the title "Thiruvalluvar's Kural", who considered his translation an 'adaptation' rather than a translation for he believed that no translation of any classic into a foreign language can do justice to the original. Another translation of the Kural text was made by Charles De Silva in 1964, which was published by the Sri Lanka Sahitya Mandalaya. Tirukkural translations into Sinhalese As