{"id":3415,"date":"2026-10-31T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/verse\/moodhurai-13\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:47:12","slug":"moodhurai-13","status":"publish","type":"verse","link":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/verse\/moodhurai-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodurai 13 \u00b7 \u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trees standing in the forest with their forked branches are not the only trees: the one who stands in an assembly unable to grasp the meaning of a letter read aloud is a fine tree too.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","kural_section":[],"literary_category":[],"author_poet":[25],"thinai_type":[],"work_title":[47],"class_list":["post-3415","verse","type-verse","status-publish","hentry","author_poet-avvaiyar","work_title-moodhurai"],"acf":{"traditional_verse_number":"13","verse_sort":13,"tamil_verse_text":"\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\n\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd - \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\n\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd","english_translation":"The trees standing in the forest with their forked branches are not the only trees: the one who stands in an assembly unable to grasp the meaning of a letter read aloud is a fine tree too.","historical_notes":"\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd: \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1.\n\nA sharp jest that likens the unlearned to a tree.\n\nTransliteration: Kavaiyaakik kompaakik kaattakaththae nirkum \/ Avaiyalla nalla marangkal - avainatuvae \/ Neettoalai vaasiyaa ninraan kurippariya \/ Maattaathavan nanmaram","kural_adhigaram":null,"transliteration":"Kavaiyaakik kompaakik kaattakaththae nirkum \/ Avaiyalla nalla marangkal - avainatuvae \/ Neettoalai vaasiyaa ninraan kurippariya \/ Maattaathavan nanmaram","couplet_en":"","word_meanings":"\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf|forking into branches\n\u0b95\u0bca\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf|with boughs\n\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc7|in the forest\n\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd|true trees\n\u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7|in the midst of an assembly\n\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bc8|a palm-leaf letter held out\n\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd|one who stands unable to read\n\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd|one who cannot grasp its meaning\n\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd|a fine tree","meaning_ta":"\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2; \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd.","meaning_en":"The trees standing in the forest with their forked branches are not the only trees: the one who stands in an assembly unable to grasp the meaning of a letter read aloud is a fine tree too.","explanation_ta":"\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0b94\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b93\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \"\u0ba8\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\"\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd!\n\n\u0b87\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0bc7\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1. \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1, \u0b86\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8. \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0ba3\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b87\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd. \u0b8e\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2, \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \"\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\", \u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf.\n\n\u0b87\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8, \u0b92\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8, \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b85\u0ba4\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1. \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1.","explanation_en":"Avvaiyar begins with a smile: the trees standing in the forest with their forked branches are not the only trees. Hold out a palm-leaf letter in an assembly, and the man who can neither read it nor grasp its meaning is a fine tree too!\n\nIt sounds like a jest, but the point goes deep. A tree stands, but it has no understanding. Someone without learning and insight may be human in body, yet in an assembly he stands like a tree. Learning is not just reading the letters; it is grasping the kurippu, the meaning beneath them.\n\nEven today people read a letter, a contract or a notice and land in trouble because they missed what it really said. The remedy is the habit of reading with care.","story_title_ta":"\u0b9c\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd","story_ta":"\u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1. \u0b85\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b89\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd. \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bb9\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bb0\u0bcd, \u0b9c\u0ba9\u0b95 \u0bae\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b85\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bc6\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd.\n\n\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b85\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b9c\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd. \"\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0b87\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8; 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Ashtavakra was born with his body bent in eight places. His father Kahoda had been defeated in debate at King Janaka's court by the scholar Vandin, and had paid the penalty.\n\nThe boy Ashtavakra went to the hall where Janaka was holding his great sacrifice. 'There is no place here for children; only the learned may enter,' said the gatekeeper. Ashtavakra answered calmly, 'A person is not great because of grey hair or years. The sages say that one who has learned and understood the Veda is the elder.' Hearing how well he spoke, Janaka invited him in.\n\nJanaka tested the boy's wisdom and then allowed him to debate Vandin. The two spoke in turn on the hidden meanings of the numbers one to thirteen, until at last Vandin could not answer. Ashtavakra won, and his father was set free.\n\nThose who stopped him at the gate saw only his form and his age; the boy who grasped the meaning beneath the words was the true scholar in that hall.","reflection_ta":"\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bc0\u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4 \u0b92\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b89\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe? \u0b86\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95 \u0b8e\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd?","reflection_en":"Have you recently missed the real meaning of something you read? What would help you read more deeply?","image_prompt":"The young sage Ashtavakra with his bent body standing confidently before King Janaka's royal assembly, a scholar holding a palm-leaf manuscript, gatekeepers stepping aside, Tanjore-painting inspired style with palm-leaf manuscript texture, ivory, ochre, copper and deep teal palette, no text or letters in the image."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/verse"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verse\/3415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kural_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kural_section?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"literary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_category?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"author_poet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_poet?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"thinai_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thinai_type?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"work_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamil.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work_title?post=3415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}