kīlaka (p. 113) s. The forty-second year of the Hindu cycle of sixty, வியாழவட்டத்தோர்வருடம். கீலகவருஷம். (A. D. 1788) is even now spoken of by the people of Southern India for its extreme drought and great famine. கீலகவெட்்டை, s. Intense heat--as that of the கீலகவருஷம், மிருகாங்கை. 2. Famine of the கீலக year. 34) *

kīlakam (p. 113) s. A pin, bolt, wedge, hinge-as கீல், ஆணி. Wils. p. 224. KEELAKA. 2. (fig.) That on which a subject hinges or turns; the principal point, பொறுப்பிடம். 3. Artfulness, shrewdness, subtlety, தந்திரம். 4. (Rott.) Joint, juncture, பொருத்து. கீலகந்தெரிந்தவன், s. One who knows the cunning or artfulness of others. கீலகமறிந்துபேசுகிறவன், s. One who is shrewd in his remarks, lit. one who speaks, seeing the hinge (of the subject). 35)