tīvakam (p. 244) s. Lighted lamp, flame, luminousness, தீபிகை. 2. [in rhet.] A word once used and then understood in the other parts of a sentence; embracing several varieties, but especially three, 1. முதனிலைத்தீவகம், a word used in the beginning of a sentence and understood in other parts; 2. இடைநிலைத்தீவகம், a word so used in the middle of a sentence; 3. கடை நிலைத்தீவகம், a word thus used at the end of a sentence. See தீபகம். 2)