ēẕu (p. 79) . Seven, septuple, seven fold, ஓரெண்.--Note. Seven is considered a special or sacred number. As a prefix it is often எழு or ஏழ். எழுகடல்--ஏழ்கடல், s. The seven oceans. எழுநிலைக்கோபுரம், s. A tower seven stories high. எழுநிலைமாடம், s. A palace seven stories high, lit. with seven door frames one above another. எழுபிறப்பு--ஏழ்பவம்--ஏழ்பிறப் பு, s. The seven different living beings, viz.: 1. தேவர், supernals. 2. மக்கள், men. 3. விலங்கு, beasts. 4. பறவை, birds. 5. ஊர்வன, reptiles. 6. நீர்வாழ்வன, aquatic creatures. 7. தாவரம், immovable things --as trees, plants. ஏழடிபின்போக, inf. To accompany a poet or learned person seven steps on his departure. ஏழத்தனை. Seven-fold. ஏழரை--எழரையாண்டுச்சனி, s. The period of saturn's evil influence being seven-and-half years. See மங்கு சனி, பொங்குசனி, மரணசனி. ஏழனுருபு, s. The seventh case or local ablative, ஏழாம்வேற்றுமையுருபு. ஏழாங்கால், s. The first post of the marriage-shed when planted on the seventh day before the wedding, a lucky day being chosen. ஏழுகோணம், s. A heptagon, septangular figure. ஏழுதீவு, s. The seven continents. ஏழுபருவம், s. The seven stages of life. See பருவம். ஏழுலகம், s. The seven worlds, including the earth and six supernal worlds. ஏழேழு, s. Seven times seven. 2. Seven of each, எவ்வேழு. ஏழேழுதலைமுறை, s. Seven generations, the duplication of the numeral indicating and equal number of generations both on the side of husband and wife. ஏழ்பரியோன், s. The sun as drawn by seven green horses, ஆதித்தன். ஏழ்புரி, s. The seven sacred cities, also witten ஏழ்புர, and ஏழ்தலம். See புரி. ஈரேழுலகம், s. The fourteen worlds, viz.: seven supernal and seven infernal. See உலகம். ஏழ்சுரம், s. The seven sounds of the diatonic scale. எவ்வேழு, s. Seven of, to, for, or from each, seven by seven. 74)

talam (p. 226) --ஸ்தலம், s. Place, site, position, location, space, room, இடம். 2. Holy place, a sacred shrine, தெய்வஸ்தலம். (See ஏழ்புரி.) 3. [prov.] A chief or principal place, as the metropolis, head quarters, the court, that part of a town where the authorities reside, &c., இராச தானி. 4. A region or part of the body. (See அடித்தலம்.) 5. Land under cultivation, commonly designated by some peculiarity, as having trees, hills, rocks, &c., பயிர்த்தலம். (c.) 6. The earth, பூமி. 7. The world in general, either of the fourteen worlds, உலகப்பொது. 8. A place of refuge, புகலிடம். 9. [in composition.] Identity, as பூதலம், the earth itself, கைத்தலம், the hand, செவித்தலம், the ear, கண்தலம், the eye, &c. தலத்திலேகாரியமேறிவிட்டது. The matter is known to the prince, the authorities, &c. [prov.] ஒருதலத்திலேயிறங்கிவிட்டார்கள். They have attained the shore, they have become settled. தலசுத்தி, s. Cleansing a place. 2. Ceremonial purification of a house after the birth of a child, a death, &c. 3. Sweeping the parts about a temple, one of the duties of the சரிதைக்காரன். தலதரிசனம், s. Visiting a sacred places. தலத்தார், s. (plu.) Inhabitants of a place. 2. The inhabitants or chief persons of a sacred place. தலந்தோறும். Every places. தலபுராணம், s. A Purana written to extol a sacred place or a temple. தலபேதம், s. Difference of places as affecting health. 2. difference of sacred places. தலமகிமை--தலமகத்துவம், s. The excellence of a sacred places. தலவிசேஷம், s. The advantages of one sacred place over others. 2. Specialities of a place as to miraculous occurrences. தலவாரி, s. Enumeration of cultivated lands. (Government usage.) தலவாரிக்கணக்கு, s. A schedule of such places. 4)