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)

akuṭm (p. 3) s. A kind of cathartic medicine, the கடுகுரோகிணி. (M. Dic.) 17) *

irēcakam (p. 51) s. A purgation, cathartic, பேதிமருந்து. Wils. p. 79. RECHAKA. 2. Respiration, emission of the breath by one nostril at a time according to the rules prescribed for ascetics. See பிராணாயாமம். 12) *

iḷkku (p. 56) கிறேன், இளக்கினேன், வே ன், இளக்க, v. a. To relax, slacken, relax a spring, &c., to loosen a rope, &c., to soften, mollify, cause another to yield, to work on one's feelings, to cause to relent, move the heart, appease, conciliate; to soften or moisten the throat, chest, &c.--as with liquids, fruits, conserves, இளகச்செய்ய. கையையிளக்கிவிட்டான். He gave liberally. வயிற்றையிளக்க, inf. To relax the bowels by cathartics. 2. To relieve the bowels by discharging their contents. 4)

pēti (p. 335) s. That which divides, detaches, separates, பிரிப்பது. W. p. 627. B'HEDIN. 2. Variation, difference, change, as பேதம். 3. Discharge from the bowels, being a change; looseness; also cholera, கழிச்சல். 4. A purgative, cathartic, பேதிமருந்து. (c.) 5. Mercury, quicksilver, இரதம். 6. [in combin.] A solvent, of which there are five kinds: 1. அன்னபேதி; 2. மாமிசபேதி; 3. சொர்னபேதி; 4. அஸ்திபேதி; 5. சகஸ்திரபேதி, or கல்வேதி, which see. பேதிகாண, inf. To begin to purge, as in cholera. பேதிகாரி, s. A purgative plant. See ஆற்றுத்தும்மட்டி. 2. A purgative in general, பேதிமருந்து. பேதிக்குக்கொடுக்க, inf. To administer a cathartic. பேதிக்குவாங்க, inf. To take a cathartic. பேதியாக, inf. To operate as a cathartic, to purge. 2. To be attacked by cholera.