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Thirukkural 743

Chapter 75: அரண் (The Fortification) · Wealth

Kural 743

உயர்வகலம் திண்மை அருமைஇந் நான்கின்
அமைவரண் என்றுரைக்கும் நூல்.

Uyarvakalam Thinmai Arumaiin Naankin
Amaivaran Endruraikkum Nool

Height, breadth, strength, difficult access:Science declares a fort must these possess

Meaning

The learned say that a fortress is an enclosure having these four (qualities) viz, height, breadth, strength and inaccessibility.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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