ācamaṉam (p. 36) s. Sipping water before religious ceremonies, before and after meals, &c., from the palm of the hand and swallowing it. The ceremony is followed by touching various parts of the body. and repeating in Sanscrit short mystical expressions or incantations of homage to the respective gods, which are supposed to ward off evil and secure benefits, மந்திரத் தானீர்வாயிற்கொள்கை; [ex ஆ, et சமு, to eat.] Wils. p. 16. ACHAMANA. 32) *

ācamaṉīyam (p. 36) s. Water for rinsing the mouth, ஆசமனம்பண்ணும் நீர். Wils. p. 16. ACHAMANEEYA. 2. The water drunk with incantations, மந்திரத்தாலுட்கொள்ளுநீர். (p.) 33) *

camaṭṭi (p. 161) --சமஷ்டி, s. All, entireness, the whole, the aggregate of all the parts, முழுமை. W. p. 895. SAMASTA. 2. [in philo.] An undeveloped embryo state, as that of the future tree contained in the seed--opp. to வியட்டி. Sa. Samasht'i. 4)

camaṉiyakaraṇi (p. 163) s. A medicament for scars, tumors, abscesses, இரணத்தழும்பாற்று மருந்து; [ex சமனியம், alleviation, et கரணி, maker.] (நிக.) 4) *

camaṉ (p. 163) s. [a change of சமம்.] Evenness, equality in weight, equipolse, uniformity, சமானம். 2. The mark in the Indian steel-yard where without a weight it stands at an equipoise; the fulcrum, துலாக்கோலின்சமவரை. 3. Medium, நடு. (c.) 4. W. p. 83. S'AMANA. Yama, the regent of death, நமன். 5. The minister of Yama, காலன். சமனாகப்பிரிக்க, inf. To distribute equally. (c.) சமனானபூமி, s. A plain, an open field, as சமபூமி. சமனாக்க, inf. To make even, to level; to equalize. சமனிசை, s. Tenor in music. 2. [in pros.] A due mixture of guttural, nasal and medial letters, ஒத்தவிசை. See சமநிலை. சமன்கட்ட, inf. To place the string on the mark of the steel-yard for equipoise to test it. 2. To make a like weight, quantity, &c. சமன்சங்கலிதம், சமன்சமன்சங்கலிதம், சமன்வியன்சங்கலிதம், s. See under சங்கலிதம். 5)