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“Tamil Proverb:
தலை சொறியக் கொள்ளி தானே தேடிக்கொண்டாய்.”
— English Translation:
You yourself have procured a firebrand to scratch your head.,

“Tamil Proverb:
தலைக்கு முடியோ காலுக்கு முடியோ?”
— English Translation:
Is it the head or the foot that is crowned?,

“Tamil Proverb:
தலைச்சன் பிள்ளைக்காரிக்கு இடைச்சன் பிள்ளைக்காரி மருத்துவிச்சி.”
— English Translation:
The mother of a second child is midwife to the mother of a first child.,

“Tamil Proverb:
தலைச்சன் பிள்ளைக்காரி இடைச்சன் பிள்ளைக்காரிக்குப் புத்தி சொன்னாளாம்.”
— "English Translation:
It is said that the mother of a first child, gave advice to the mother of a second child.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலைமாட்டிற்குக் கொள்ளி தானே தேடிக்கொண்டாய்.”
— English Translation:
You yourself have procured a firebrand for the head of your bed.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"தலைமுறை தலைமுறையாய் மொட்டை, அவள் பெயர் கூந்தலழகி.”
— ","English Translation:
Bald from generation to generation, and yet called the matron of beautiful tresses.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலை மேலே அம்பு பறந்தாலும் நிலையிற் பிரியல் ஆகாது.”
— "English Translation:
It is not good to move when arrows are flying, though overhead.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலை மேலே தலை இருக்கிறதா?”
— English Translation:
Does a head exist above the head?,

“Tamil Proverb:
தலை இடியும் சங்கடமும் தனக்கு வந்தபின் தெரியும்.”
— English Translation:
Head-ache and trouble are understood when actually experienced.,

“Tamil Proverb:
"தலை மேலே இடித்தாலும், தான் குனியான்.”
— ","English Translation:
Though his head strikes the lintel, he will not stoop.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலைக்கு மேற்பட்ட தண்ணீர் சாண் ஓடி என்ன முழம் ஓடி என்ன?”
— "English Translation:
When the water flows over your head, what matters it whether it is a span or a cubit?In either case death is inevitable without help.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலையாலே மலை பிளப்பான்.”
— English Translation:
He can split a mountain with a blow of his head.,

“Tamil Proverb:
தலை கீழாய் இருந்து தபசு செய்தாலும் கூடுகிற காலந்தான் வந்து கூட வேண்டும்.”
— "English Translation:
Though one perform severe austerities, standing on the head, a thing cannot be attained before the destined time.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலையில் எழுதி இருக்கத் தந்திரத்தால் வெல்லலாமா?”
— "English Translation:
When destiny is written on the skull, can you avert it by artifice?Writing on the head is another form of expression for destiny or fate, which is supposed to be written on the skull of every individual born into the world. Hence the Sanscrit proverb, Kapála, Kapála, Kapála múla. ""The skull, the skull, the skull is the root of all."" Kapála in Sanscrit means skull. The mundane history of all is determined by the actions of a former state of existence. This is one of the most prevalent doctrines of the Hindus. A man eats the fruit of his doings, not in our sense as the same individuated being, but as the same responsible agent who has previously been on the stage.",

“Tamil Proverb:
தலை எழுத்தை அரியென்று சொல்லுவார் அதல்ல.”
— "English Translation:
They call the writing on the head, Ari-Vishnu-it is not that.",

“Tamil Proverb:
"“Actions done, whether good or bad, must of necessity be eaten; if not, they will not wear away in millions of ages.” Smriti.”
— ","English Translation:
The preordinations of Brahma, as supposed to be written on the skull, are regulated by the actions of former births. An elaborate shaster on this subject was published in Calcutta upwards of forty years ago by a Native gentleman, a Rajah of great learning.",