caṉṉiyāci (p. 174) s. A Hindu ascetic, a wandering devotee who has renounced social life, with all its enjoyments and attachments, subjected his passions, and lives on what is given him unasked. He remains in a village only one day, in a town not more than three days, and in a city only five; lest his mind become secularized. See ஆச்சிரமம். 2. [among R. Catho.] A monk; [ex சன்னியாசம்.]--Note. There are two orders of சன்னியாசி, namely. 1. ஏகதண்டசன்னியாசி, one who carries a single staff, and is of the Smriti sect; 2. திரிதண்ட சன்னியாசி, one who carries three staves tied together, and is a worshipper of Vishnu. சா சாவாக்கியம், s. A Table of equations. சாவிசேஷம், s. Tidings of death. சாவிளைவு, s. A good crop as a prognostic to one's death; spoken after the occurrence. சாவீடு, s. A funeral-house. சாவெடி, s. [prov. சாவெடில்.] The smell of a dead body, பிணநாற்றம். சாவெழுத்து, s. Fatal letters; a class of letters, which it is supposed may be so placed in an invocation, as to effect the death of a person to whom the verse is addressed--intentionally or unintentionally. See எழுத்துத்தானம். சாவோலை, s. An ola-letter burnt at the end, for a funeral mark, giving notice of death. உற்கிரமச்சா, s. The versed sine. See also கிராமச்சா--மூலச்சா, the sine; and கோடி ச்சா, the cosine. 4) *

cā (p. 174) கிறேன், செத்தேன், வேன், சாக, v. n. To die, இறக்க. 2. To perish or be injured --as grain--, &c., கெட. 3. To dry up--as a sore, &c., காய்ந்துபோக. (Sa. Jya.)--Note. சாவ and sometimes சா are used in poetry for சாக. and சாம் for சாகும். அவள்பேரிலேசாகிறான். He is dying (from love) for her. சாவதுபிழைப்பதாயிருக்கிறான். He is dangerously ill. செத்துப்பிழைத்தாயா. Are you just come to life? Spoken of one absent, or inattentive who afterwards asks for an explanation. செத்தவீடு. A funeral-house. கால்கைசெத்துப்போயின. The arms and legs are wearied by walking, &c. சாகக்கொடுக்க, inf. To lose a near relative, to be bereft--used chiefly in expressions of regret, and in lamentations for the dead. சாகக்கொல்ல, inf. To kill, to kill outright. 2. (fig.) To harass, to torment. சாகத்துணிந்தவன், s. One who voluntarily braves death in battle, or by any desperate act. சன்னியாசிகள்பந்தி, s. [R. Catho. usage.] The order of monks. பாலசன்னியாசி, s. One who devotes himself from his youth to ascetic life, lives in celibacy, &c., 2. The pupil of a முனி, muni, முனிசீஷன். 5) *