āyṉ (p. 39) s. A cow-keeper, one of the cow-herd caste, இடையன். 2. A name of Kristna, as a herdsman--the ninth incarnation of Vishnu, கிருஷ்ணன். (p.) ஆயர்பாடி--ஆய்ப்பாடி, s. A Village of shepherds. 2. A name of the town where Vishnu, in his Kristna avatar, was concealed and bred up. (p.) ஆய்க்குழல், s. A shepherd's horn. (p.) 30) *