# Bouderie — The Kural character guide > Bouderie in The Kural by Thiruvalluvar. **Role:** supporting **First appearance:** 0152-cxxxi-bouderie ## Snapshot The lovers' playful sulking, a small storm of feigned coldness that tests and then renews the bond it seems to threaten. ## Who they are Bouderie is the mood that flickers between the couple in the Kural's love section, the sulk that is half punishment and half invitation. It belongs to the same agitated mind the poet anatomizes so finely, where each mood chases the next and no feeling stays simple for long. Its quarrels are not ruptures but rituals, and their resolution is one of the small dramas that make the 250 verses of Part III feel like a single continuous romance. ## In the story ### [Thiruvalluvar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/thiruvalluvar) Not directly mentioned in the excerpts; included as a canonical figure but no specific role in this chapter. ### [Part III—Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/part-iii-love) Personified as an incident of married life, described in the final chapters as the salt of love. ### [CIX: The Wound That Beauty Inflicteth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cix-the-wound-that-beauty-inflicteth) The speaker in this chapter is the lover experiencing the wound of beauty, consistent with the character Bouderie's role in the love narrative. ### [CXIII: The Glorification of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxiii-the-glorification-of-love) The lover who expresses profound devotion and longing for the beloved. ### [CXIV: Overpassing the Bounds of Decorum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxiv-overpassing-the-bounds-of-decorum) The lover experiencing the pangs of passion and resorting to riding the palmyra stalk. ### [CXV: The Public Humour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxv-the-public-humour) The male lover who speaks first, expressing how the public outcry revives his passion and makes him feel he already possesses his beloved. ### [CXVII: Bewailing the Pangs of Separation and Pining Away](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxvii-bewailing-the-pangs-of-separation-and-pining-away) The speaker, pining in separation and struggling with concealed grief. ### [CXVIII: The Wasting of the Eyes Through Wistful Longing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxviii-the-wasting-of-the-eyes-through-wistful-longing) The heroine, personifying the pangs of separation and wistful longing, speaks of her eyes' betrayal and grief. ### [CXIX: Bewailing the Pallor of Pining Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxix-bewailing-the-pallor-of-pining-love) Implied as the beloved whose departure causes the speaker's pallor and pangs of heart. ### [CXX: Anguish of Heart That the Husband Feeleth Not as Oneself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxx-anguish-of-heart-that-the-husband-feeleth-not-as-oneself) The speaker, a woman pining for her husband's affection, embodies the theme of unrequited love and emotional suffering. ### [CXXI: Sighing for the Absent One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxi-sighing-for-the-absent-one) The speaker, a lover experiencing the pain of separation and longing for the absent beloved. ### [CXXII: In Praise of the Dream-State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxii-in-praise-of-the-dream-state) The speaker who pines for her beloved and finds solace only in dreams. ### [CXXIII: Sighing at the Approach of Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxiii-sighing-at-the-approach-of-evening) The speaker, a wife experiencing pangs of separation, laments the approach of evening and recalls her absent husband. ### [CXXIV: The Wasting Away of Her Lovely Form](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxiv-the-wasting-away-of-her-lovely-form) The heroine pines for her beloved, her form wasting away from separation. ### [CXXV: Addressing One’s Own Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxv-addressing-one-s-own-heart) The speaker's heart is personified and addressed throughout the chapter, embodying the emotional conflict of love and separation. ### [CXXVI: The Losing of the Sense of a Dignified Reserve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxvi-the-losing-of-the-sense-of-a-dignified-reserve) The speaker embodies Bouderie, experiencing the loss of dignified reserve and the compulsion to reconcile despite pride. ### [CXXVII: The Longing of the Lovers to Meet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxvii-the-longing-of-the-lovers-to-meet) The wife is depicted in a state of longing and physical decline, counting days and wasting away, embodying the pangs of separation. ### [CXXVIII: Reading the Secret Thought](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxviii-reading-the-secret-thought) The beloved whose secret thoughts are read through her eyes and half-smile, and who fears her lord's concealed feelings may mean a second departure. ### [CXXIX: The Impatience of the Pair to Fly to Each Other’s Arms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxix-the-impatience-of-the-pair-to-fly-to-each-other-s-arms) Personified as the sulking impulse that cannot persist in the face of true love. ### [CXXX: Chiding the Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxx-chiding-the-heart) Referenced as a desired act of sulking or feigned indifference that the heart refuses to perform. ### [CXXXI: Bouderie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxxi-bouderie) Personified as the salt of love, central to the chapter's theme of feigned anger in romantic relationships. ### [CXXXII: The Finesses of Bouderie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxxii-the-finesses-of-bouderie) Personification of the sulking lover, whose finesses and jealous reactions drive the chapter's exploration of romantic tension. ### [CXXXIII: The Charm of Bouderie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/chapters/cxxxiii-the-charm-of-bouderie) Personified as the charm of love, whose feigned quarrel adds piquancy to the embrace and culminates in sweet reconciliation. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/characters/bouderie - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kural_se/characters