Thirukkural consists 133 Chapters and each Chapter containing 10 couplets.

Word index.....B

The following list will display the word and the couplet numbers those got the same word.
[These words have been selected from all 1330 couplets (in prose form)]

back ( 11 couplets): 17, 182, 185, 211, 344, 486, 530, 620, 855, 858, 924 .
back-biting ( 1 couplet): 187 .
backbite ( 1 couplet): 181 .
backbiter ( 1 couplet): 183 .
bad ( 2 couplets): 302, 1028 .
balance ( 1 couplet): 1163 .
bamboo ( 1 couplet): 1272 .
bamboo-like ( 1 couplet): 906 .
bamboo-shouldered ( 1 couplet): 1113 .
bandy ( 1 couplet): 475 .
bangles ( 1 couplet): 1275 .
banks ( 1 couplet): 523 .
barren ( 1 couplet): 406 .
barrier ( 1 couplet): 1016 .
base ( 15 couplets): 329, 451, 815, 914, 919, 973, 976, 977, 980, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1076, 1079, 1080 .
basest ( 1 couplet): 241 .
bashfulness ( 1 couplet): 1011 .
battle ( 1 couplet): 814 .
battle-field ( 1 couplet): 1027 .
battlefield ( 2 couplets): 749, 1088 .
battling ( 1 couplet): 1125 .
bear ( 11 couplets): 151, 152, 153, 159, 308, 389, 579, 733, 767, 990, 1163 .
bearer ( 1 couplet): 37 .
bearing ( 2 couplets): 684, 998 .
bears ( 2 couplets): 151, 570 .
beasts ( 1 couplet): 410 .
beaten ( 3 couplets): 1076, 1115, 1180 .
beautiful ( 2 couplets): 1107, 1305 .
beauty ( 12 couplets): 407, 1007, 1053, 1082, 1183, 1234, 1235, 1250, 1262, 1272, 1273, 1320 .
became ( 3 couplets): 1177, 1239, 1240 .
beckoning ( 1 couplet): 894 .
bed ( 2 couplets): 718, 840 .
befallen ( 1 couplet): 1080 .
beforehand ( 4 couplets): 427, 663, 784, 818 .
befriending ( 1 couplet): 1250 .
beg ( 8 couplets): 222, 1035, 1051, 1054, 1055, 1061, 1064, 1067 .
began ( 2 couplets): 1259, 1316 .
beget ( 2 couplets): 70, 238 .
begets ( 1 couplet): 74 .
beggar ( 1 couplet): 1070 .
beggars ( 5 couplets): 1053, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1067 .
begged ( 2 couplets): 1051, 1052 .
begging ( 14 couplets): 224, 229, 395, 780, 1052, 1053, 1056, 1062, 1063, 1066, 1068, 1069, 1212, 1280 .
begin ( 3 couplets): 830, 1157, 1261 .
begs ( 2 couplets): 1052, 1060 .
begun ( 2 couplets): 677, 867 .
behalf ( 1 couplet): 63 .
behave ( 7 couplets): 698, 821, 892, 981, 1039, 1300, 1319 .
behaves ( 1 couplet): 874 .
behaviour ( 2 couplets): 992, 1075 .
behests ( 1 couplet): 907 .
behind ( 3 couplets): 182, 185, 620 .
behold ( 3 couplets): 1057, 1213, 1219 .
Being ( 21 couplets): 8, 23, 38, 162, 194, 220, 249, 356, 357, 358, 596, 680, 701, 704, 732, 784, 794, 804, 873, 1081, 1116 .
beings ( 1 couplet): 972 .
belief ( 2 couplets): 1293, 1298 .
believed ( 1 couplet): 1154 .
believes ( 1 couplet): 850 .
belong ( 1 couplet): 72 .
belongings ( 1 couplet): 703 .
belongs ( 3 couplets): 149, 794, 974 .
beloved ( 17 couplets): 1103, 1111, 1123, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1198, 1199, 1202, 1203, 1208, 1216, 1232, 1245, 1257 .
bending ( 1 couplet): 827 .
benefactor ( 2 couplets): 773, 1026 .
beneficence ( 1 couplet): 390 .
benefit ( 15 couplets): 61, 67, 70, 101, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109, 110, 292, 315, 354, 606, 652 .
benefits ( 3 couplets): 61, 97, 262 .
benevolence ( 17 couplets): 81, 87, 88, 106, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 220, 285, 390, 938, 983 .
benevolent ( 1 couplet): 219 .
bent ( 3 couplets): 813, 901, 1003 .
berry ( 1 couplet): 277 .
beseech ( 1 couplet): 1067 .
besides ( 3 couplets): 127, 751, 1188 .
besieged ( 1 couplet): 748 .
besieging ( 2 couplets): 491, 744 .
bespeaks ( 2 couplets): 827, 1280 .
best ( 5 couplets): 242, 634, 635, 715, 736 .
bestow ( 6 couplets): 853, 916, 932, 1057, 1078, 1156 .
bestowal ( 1 couplet): 1192 .
bestowed ( 1 couplet): 1154 .
bestower ( 1 couplet): 358 .
bestows ( 2 couplets): 1007, 1199 .
betray ( 3 couplets): 849, 928, 1232 .
betrays ( 1 couplet): 958 .
better ( 15 couplets): 92, 143, 152, 236, 259, 310, 639, 641, 653, 811, 815, 852, 967, 1024, 1038 .
between ( 5 couplets): 740, 839, 1100, 1116, 1122 .
bewildering ( 1 couplet): 1230 .
beyond ( 4 couplets): 21, 23, 574, 866 .
bias ( 1 couplet): 119 .
biccup ( 1 couplet): 335 .
big ( 1 couplet): 667 .
biliousness ( 1 couplet): 941 .
bind ( 2 couplets): 482, 643 .
bird ( 1 couplet): 338 .
birds ( 1 couplet): 274 .
birth ( 24 couplets): 69, 73, 126, 133, 134, 223, 246, 262, 330, 339, 356, 357, 365, 398, 608, 681, 793, 835, 842, 959, 972, 977, 992, 1044 .
births ( 17 couplets): 10, 38, 62, 107, 126, 325, 345, 348, 349, 351, 352, 358, 361, 362, 398, 538, 835 .
bitter ( 1 couplet): 35 .
black ( 2 couplets): 277, 617 .
black-knowledge ( 1 couplet): 287 .
blade ( 1 couplet): 16 .
blame ( 2 couplets): 1051, 1219 .
blameless ( 1 couplet): 106 .
blessed ( 2 couplets): 954, 1317 .
blind ( 2 couplets): 866, 1002 .
bliss ( 5 couplets): 242, 459, 669, 904, 1042 .
block ( 1 couplet): 38 .
blockading ( 1 couplet): 747 .
blossoming ( 1 couplet): 650 .
blossoms ( 1 couplet): 1227 .
blows ( 1 couplet): 245 .
blue ( 1 couplet): 1114 .
blunder ( 1 couplet): 716 .
blush ( 1 couplet): 172 .
board ( 1 couplet): 401 .
bodies ( 3 couplets): 330, 993, 1050 .
bodily ( 2 couplets): 619, 704 .
body ( 29 couplets): 65, 73, 79, 80, 235, 239, 253, 257, 271, 290, 298, 330, 338, 340, 345, 369, 599, 627, 721, 774, 848, 940, 968, 1013, 1029, 1122, 1132, 1163, 1189 .
boiled ( 1 couplet): 1090 .
boldness ( 2 couplets): 688, 1063 .
bolt ( 1 couplet): 1251 .
bolted ( 1 couplet): 1251 .
bone ( 2 couplets): 77, 80 .
bones ( 1 couplet): 72 .
book ( 1 couplet): 581 .
books ( 2 couplets): 37, 823 .
bored ( 1 couplet): 418 .
born ( 5 couplets): 236, 409, 955, 1002, 1311 .
borne ( 3 couplets): 262, 757, 1027 .
bosom ( 1 couplet): 1087 .
both ( 18 couplets): 23, 45, 98, 115, 304, 314, 379, 471, 511, 554, 642, 869, 1022, 1042, 1099, 1163, 1196, 1267 .
boundless ( 1 couplet): 900 .
bounds ( 1 couplet): 1271 .
bow ( 1 couplet): 827 .
bows ( 1 couplet): 872 .
braceleted ( 2 couplets): 911, 1101 .
bracelets ( 7 couplets): 1135, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1262, 1277, 1279 .
Brahman ( 1 couplet): 134 .
Brahmin ( 1 couplet): 543 .
Brahmins ( 1 couplet): 560 .
branch ( 2 couplets): 476, 898 .
branch-flowers ( 1 couplet): 1313 .
bravery ( 1 couplet): 383 .
breadth ( 1 couplet): 743 .
break ( 6 couplets): 475, 781, 1069, 1077, 1251, 1324 .
breaking ( 1 couplet): 332 .
breaks ( 3 couplets): 1253, 1254, 1258 .
breast ( 1 couplet): 1288 .
breasts ( 1 couplet): 402 .
breath ( 4 couplets): 763, 1108, 1113, 1239 .
breathe ( 1 couplet): 880 .
breeze ( 2 couplets): 1108, 1239 .
briefly ( 1 couplet): 685 .
bright ( 5 couplets): 1088, 1101, 1117, 1125, 1240 .
bright-jewelled ( 2 couplets): 1262, 1329 .
bring ( 14 couplets): 112, 113, 123, 165, 180, 275, 344, 416, 457, 470, 616, 1034, 1079, 1165 .
brings ( 9 couplets): 261, 284, 685, 857, 934, 938, 966, 1045, 1223 .
broad ( 1 couplet): 999 .
broken ( 2 couplets): 473, 1270 .
brought ( 5 couplets): 488, 561, 654, 973, 1211 .
brow ( 1 couplet): 1088 .
bud ( 1 couplet): 1274 .
buds ( 1 couplet): 1227 .
buffalo ( 1 couplet): 624 .
bundle ( 1 couplet): 308 .
burden ( 7 couplets): 570, 572, 733, 848, 990, 1003, 1027 .
buried ( 1 couplet): 999 .
burn ( 5 couplets): 77, 293, 306, 799, 1159 .
burning ( 1 couplet): 267 .
burns ( 4 couplets): 77, 1104, 1159, 1207 .
burnt ( 2 couplets): 129, 896 .
burst ( 1 couplet): 899 .
bury ( 1 couplet): 996 .
butt ( 2 couplets): 486, 627 .