kiruttiyam (p. 111) s. Act, actions, performances, operation, தொழில். 2. Moral actions good or bad, involving future retributions, கன்மக்கிரியை. 3. A course of conduct, நடக்கை. 4. Work, business, employment, லௌகிகவேலை. 5. Religious rules, prescribed duties, கடமை. 6. Rites, ceremonies, &c., religious acts or practice, சடங்கு. 7. The operations of the deity--popularity in the characters of creator, preserver and destroyer; but in the mystic parts of the Agama system, the works of obscuring and enlightening the soul are superadded. Wils. p. 243. KRUTYA. தன்கிருத்தியந்தான்பார்க்கவேண்டும். Each one must perform his appropriate duties, personal, social, relative, civil, &c. கிருத்தியகர்த்தா, s. An operating deity, or a god who performs either of the five great operations in the universe. கிருத்தியகர்த்தாக்கள், s. (pl.) Agents who carry on operations in the universe; also, those of the விஞ்ஞானகலர் and பிர ளயாகலர் class of souls that have advanced so as to be cleansed from மலம், and permitted to be operative. கிருத்தியப்பிழை, s. Misdeeds, misbehaviour. 2. Failure or transgression in the performance of prescribed rites, ceremonies or other duties. கிருத்தியமில்லாதவன், s. One who does not practise the rites of the religion. ஒருகிருத்தியமுமில்லாதவன். One unemployed. கிருத்தியமுடிக்க, inf. To perform prescribed duties--as religious rites, ceremonies, &c. கிருத்தியம்பண்ண--கிருத்தியம்நடத்த inf. To perform the works of creation, &c..--as a deity, ஐந்தொழில்செய்ய. The direct object of this work is fancied to be; 1. To cleanse the soul from its moral defilements. 2. To cause it to experience the fruit of former actions. 3. To give it a temporary rest. 4. To produce an equilibrium between the good and evil actions of the soul. 5. To emancipate it from the பாசம் entanglements. (சிவ. சி.) 2. To perform works, rites, &c., சடங்குசெய்ய. 3. To perform the duties of one's calling, தொழில்செய்ய. 4. To perform the funeral rites for a deceased ancestor, உத்தரகிரியைசெய்ய. பஞ்சகிருத்தியம், s. The five operations of deity under various names, forms and modifications, viz.: 1st. சிருட்டி or படை த்தல், the work of creating or transforming matter, evolving it from the primitive Maya, producing words, furnishing the soul with its appropriate body, according to its actions in a previous birth, &c. In the popular system, this office is ascribed to Brahma. 2d.திதி or காத்தல், the work of preserving, usually ascribed to Vishnu. 3d. சங்காரம் or அழித்தல், the work of destroying, or of reducing the universe to the primitive Maya, through numerous involutions, --as earth into water, water into fire, &c. This office is ascribed to உருத்தி ரன், who by his worshippers is identified with Siva whom they consider supreme. 4th. திரோபவம் or மறைத்தல், the work of obscuration, or the veiling of the soul in moral darkness, and beclouding the understanding, so that the divine being cannot be perceived, while the mind attracted and illuded by visible and sensual objects, is excited to the performance of new actions, by which absolute liberation from பாசம் entanglements is prevented, and connection with Maya and its consequent transmigrations--except where the sanchita (சஞ்சிதம்) of former births is exhausted --is indefinitely prolonged. This is ascribed to மயேச்சுரன். 5th. அனுக்கிரகம் or அருளல், this is a work of benevolence as exerted for the benefit of the soul in furnishing it with appropriate bodies by which to expiate the guilt of former actions, though obscuring it with திரோ பவம், while it is thus working itself clear, at length withdrawing the veil and showing it that all visible and sensual objects are illusory and deceptive; also annihilating the passions and exciting disgust toward the objects of sense, and utter indifference to all mundane affairs, and thus causing entire cessation from physical and moral actions, and maturing it for final emancipation, and union with the Supreme. It is ascribed to சதாசிவம். சமுசாரகிருத்தியம், s. Domestic affairs, household business. 10) *

nṭu (p. 268) s. The middle, இடை. 2. Centre, centricity, midst, மத்தி. 3. Intermediate as to place or time, that which intervence, இடையானது. 4. Equity, impartiality, justice, uprightness, நீதி. 5. Medium, moderation, மிதம். 6. The waist, இடுப்பு. 7. Law-suit, வழக்கு. 8. The state, capacity, office, &c., of a judge or umpire, நியா யாதிபதித்துவம். (c.) 9. (சது.) Earth, பூமி--This word is commonly used நட்டு in combination--as நட்டாறு, the midst of the river, நட்டுச்சி, exactly the meridian. நடக்கடல், s. The mid-sea. நடுக்கடல்போனாலும்மறுப்படாமல்வரக்கடவீர்..... Even though you go into the midst of the sea, may you return without harm. நடுக்கட்ட, inf. [prov.] [com. பொதுக் கட்ட.] To sequester property. நடுக்கட்டு, s. A girdle. See under கட்டு. நடுக்கண்டம், s. The central portion of a continent. 2. The middle piece. நடுக்காரர், s. [prov.] Arbitrators, judges, umpires. நடுக்கிளி, s. The head player in a square. See under கிளி. நடுக்குடி, s. A house-hold in the midst of others, as being safer than if alone. 2. A family of midding circumstances, rank, &c. 3. [prov.] The head-family of a tribe or class. நடுக்கேட்க, inf. To hear a case in law. 2. To refer a case for decision. நடுக்கொண்டவீடு, s. [prov.] The middle house. (c.) நடுக்கொள்ளைக்காரன், s. One who plunders without regard to either party. நடுச்சாமம், s. Midnight, the middle watch from 12 o'clock till 3. நடுச்சுவர், s. A partition wall. நடுச்சொல்ல, inf. To decide a case, to mediate. நடுத்தரம், s. That which is middling. See தரம். நடுத்தலை, s. Crown of the head, உச்சி. நடுத்தீர்க்க, inf. To give, or pass judgement in case. நடுத்தீர்ப்பு--நடுத்தீர்வை, s. Judicial judgement. 2. The final judgement. 3. (fig.) Devine judgements--as pestilence and other calamities. நடுத்தீர்ப்புநாள், s. The judgement day. நடுத்தெரு, s. The middle street of a town or village. நடுநாள், s. The fourteenth or middle lunar asterism, சித்திரைநாள். (p.) நடுநியாயம், s. Equity, fair dealing, uprightness. 2. Impartiality, evenhanded justice. 3. Law-suit, pleadings, arguments stated. நடுநிலை, s. An intermediate state, degree, &c. 2. Strict justice, equity. 3. Arbitration, mediation. 4. One of the positions in the mystic worship of the Saiva system. நடுநிலைஞாயம், s. The mysticism of the நடுநிலை worship. நடுநிலைமந்திரம், s. An incantation in the Saiva worship, the letters of which are mystic symbols of the forms of deity, or of the idol worshipped. The words are ஆம், ஊம், ஓம், சிவாயநம, in which ஆம், is அடி, basis; ஊம், is நடு, middle; ஓம், is முடி, top; சி, is சிவம், formless deity; வா, is சத்தி, the female principle, obscuration. நடுநிலைமை, s. Mediocrity, middle circumstances in life. நடுநிற்றல், v. noun. Becoming bail or security for one. (not the law term.) 2. Being upright, impartial. நடுநீதி, s. Impartial justice, equity, &c., as நடுநியாயம். நடுப்பகல், inf. Mid-day, noon. (c.) நடுப்படுத்த, inf. As நடுக்கட்ட. நடுப்பார்த்தல், v. noun. [prov.] Acting as an inspecter, commissioner, delegate, &c., by order of a court, மத்தியஸ்தம்பார் க்கை. நடுப்பெற, adv. [vul. நடுப்புற.] In the middle, in the centre; between, among. நடுப்பெறஉளுக்காரு. Sit in the middle. நடுப்பேச, inf. To plead, as நடுச் சொல்ல. நடுப்போர், s. [prov.] The midst of the work, operation, affair, &c., (lit.) the midst of the battle, இடைநடு. நடுமதியம்--நடுமத்தியானம், s. Noon, mid-day. நடுமையம், s. Middle, centre. 2. Zenith, meridian. நடுராசி, s. Middling in quality, size, &c., moderate, நடுத்தரம். நடுவதுபாதி, s. That which is in the midst, intermediate. நடுவதுபாதியிலேவந்தான். He came after the beginning of an affair when half of it was over; he came last. நடுவத்தசாமம்--நடுவத்தொருசாமம், s. [prov.] Midnight. நடுவயது, s. Middle age. நடுவறுத்தல், v. noun. Judging, as an umpire, deciding, discerning, perceiving, comprehending, ascertaining, discussing a controversy. நடுவறுத்தான், appel. n. The name of a plant, மூக்குரட்டைக்கொடி, Boerhavia diffusa, L. நடுவழி--நடுப்பாதை, s. Mid-way. நடுவன், s. Yama, the god of death, awarder of rewards and punishments, இயமன். (p.) 2. [prov.] A judge, arbiter, awarder, நியாயாதிபதி. நடுவாந்தரம், s. Midst of a work, process, time, &c., intermediate, மத்தி. (c.) நடுவாந்தரத்திலேபோய்விட்டான். He died prematurely. நடுவிரல், s. The middle finger. நடுவிலவன், s. [prov. நடுவிலான்.] A middle brother. நடுவிலே. In the midst, amidst. நடுவின்மை, s. Partiality, injustice, நீதிஇல்லாமை. (p.) நடுவீடு, s. The middle or interior of the house where the idol is kept. 2. An obscene expression, used in the south. நடுவீடுபெருவழியாயிற்று. The very interior of the house is become a public road; i. e., the family is ruined. நடுவீட்டுக்குநாயகமாய்வந்தான். He has come to lord it over us. நடுவீதி, s. The midst of the street. நடுவெலும்பு, s. The back bone, the spine, முதுகெலும்பு. (c.) நடுவெளி, s. Midst of an open plain, space, &c., இடைவெளி. 2. Immensity of space, a filled by the deity, பரவெளி. நடுவெளிக்கமலபாதம், s. The lotuslike feet of the deity, as filling all space. (p.) நடுவேபேச, inf. To interrupt one who speaks. 2. To speak as a mediator. நடுவேபொல்லாப்பாக, inf. To become detached in friendship. (c.) நடுவேமுறிக்க, inf. To break in the middle. 2. To object or contradict in speaking. 20)

pirānti (p. 317) s. Whirling, unsteadiness, wanderings of the mind, சுழற்சி. 2. Bewilderment, obscuration of the understanding, illusion, மயக்கம். 3. W. p. 629. B'HRANTI. 4. [com with வாந்தி.] Looseness of bowels, diarrh&oe;a, பேதி. பிராந்தியானமனம், A mind full of perplexity, anxiety, covetousness. பிராந்திகொள்ள, inf. [appel. n. பிராந்தி கொண்டவன்.] To be bewildered, perplexed with cares. பிராந்திபிடிக்க, inf. To have cares and anxieties. 52) *

mṟai (p. 346) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To hide, conceal, secret, keep back, as ஒளிக்க. 2. To cover, shroud, shelter, ward off, மூட. (c.) நீமுன்சொன்னதைமறைக்கிறாய். You shift, or contradict, your first statement. மறைப்பு, v. noun. Concealment, obscuration, as ஒளிப்பு. 2. [vul. மறுப்பு.] A screen, as மறைவு. 83) *