akattiyaṉ (p. 2) --அகஸ்தியன், s. A poet and sage celebrated in the Ramayanam, Skandam and other works of antiquity. He is regarded as the former of the Tamil language which he is said to have learned of Skanda the son of Siva. He is also the reputed author of several works, still extant, in whole or in part, in the Tamil language; such as, a Grammar, Materia Medica, a work on Astrology, Astronomy, and several essays on the unity of the divine being, as opposed to the popular system of polytheism, &c. He is regarded as the son of both Mythra and Varuna by Urvasi; is represented to be of very short stature, and to have been born in a water jar. He is famed for having compressed and swallowed the ocean, for the sake of the celestials. Other wonderful stories are also told of him, and received with undoubted credence. He is considered as the regent of the star Canopus, குறுமுனி. Wils. p. 5. AGASTYA. அகத்தியர்குழம்பு, s. A famous compound cathartic. See குழம்பு. 6)

akattiyam (p. 2) s. A grammar or அ கத்தியன், of which little remains, ஓர்நூல். 2. (Improperly,) needfulness, indispensableness, அவசியம். 5) *

akaram (p. 2) s. The name of the letter அ, ஓரெழுத்து. 2. A suffix of consonants, ஒற் யெழுத்தின்சாரியை, as மகரம். 3. A town or village in an agricultural district, மருதநிலத் தூர். 4. A village of brahmins, பார்ப்பனச்சேரி. 5. Mercury, quicksilver, இரதம். (M. Dic.) 32) *

akāram (p. 3) s. [ex அக mountain, et ரு, to rise.] A house as rising like a hill, வீடு. Wils. p. 5. AGARA. (p.) 2)

akōcaram (p. 3) s. [priv. அ et கோச ரம்.] Incomprehensibleness. the state of being not perceivable by the senses, அறி யொணாமை. (p.) 25) *

akōttiram (p. 3) s. [priv. அ.] Want of ancestry, i. e. of a bad descent, குல மின்மை, (p.) 27) *

akōram (p. 3) s. Fierceness, severity, fervency, formidableness, கொடுமை. (c.) 2. One of the five faces of Siva-that to the south, சிவன் ஐம்முகத்தொன்று. (p.) அகோரதபசி விபரீதசோரன், one who performs severe penance is a great rogue. 29) *

akōrāttiram (p. 3) s. [ex அஹந், day et ராத்திரி, night.] Day and night, பகலுமிரவும். 30)

akkaram (p. 3) --அட்சரம், s. A letter of the alphabet, a character, the marks on an amulet, எழுத்து. Wils. p. 4. AKSHARA. (p.) *அக்கரசுதகம்--அடசரசுதகம், s. A kind of play in writing, arranging letters in a fanciful manner, மிறைக்கவியி லொன்று. அக்கரவிலக்கணம்--அட்சரலட்ச ணம், s. The properties, forms, names, powers, &c. of letters, orthography. 2. One of the sixty-four கலைஞானம், ex இலக் கணம். அக்கராரம்பம்--அட்சராரம்பம், s. Beginning to teach a child the letters of the alphabet, with appropriate ceremonies, on the fifth year. 46) *

akkaram (p. 3) --அச்சரம்--அட்சரம், s. A disease of the stomach causing eruptions on the tongue and lips; thrush, aphth&ae;, ஓர்நோய். (c.) 47)

akkāram (p. 4) s. Sugar, சருக்கரை. 2. Cloth, clothes, சீலை. (பிங்.) (p.) 4)

akkirakāram (p. 4) --அக்கிராகரம், s. [vul. அக்கிராரம்.] A village or street of brahmins' houses, பார்ப்பனச்சேரி. (c.) 11)

akkiramam (p. 4) s. [priv. அ et கிரமம்.] Want of order, or arrangement, confusion, irregularity, ஒழுங்கின்மை. 2. Wrong, injustice, அநீதம். 3. Daring impiety, கொடு மை. Wils. p. 3. ACKRAMA. 9) *

akkiram (p. 4) s. The point of any thing. நுனி. 2. In astronomy, amplitude, கிரகங் கீழ்மேல் வீதியகறல். (p.) அக்கிரசங்கை--அக்கிரசம்பாவனை, s. Civilities, honors, respect as paid to the first in order of a company. அக்கிரசர்மம், s. Foreskin, நுனித் தோல்; ex. சர்மம், skin. அக்கிரசன்மன், s. A priest. 2. Elder brother. 3. Brahma. அக்கிரபூசனை--அக்கிரபூசை, s. The respect paid to the principal person at a feast, or to the principal deity of a temple. அக்கிரமாமிசம், s. The heart. அக்கிரன்--அக்கிரியன், s. Elder brother. 10) *

angktti (p. 5) s. A term of respect used in addressing pandarams, which answers to தாங்கள். (c.) 14) *