akppttiym (p. 2) s. Abstinence from venery as a medical prescription; ex. அகம், mind. 12)

akppāṭṭuṟuppu (p. 2) s. The twelve members of அகப்பொருள் or அகத்திணை, viz. 1. இயல்பகத்திணை. Method of defining a thing or showing its nature, quality, &c. 2. வகையகத்திணை. Amplification, or detailing at large what has been said briefly. 3. பொதுவகத்திணை. The rule for summing up or recapitulating. 4. சிறப்பகத்திணை. The rule for discriminating, or explaining the difference of things. 5. உவமவகத்திணை. The rule for illustrating a subject by metaphors, comparisons, &c. 6. புறநிலையகத்திணை. The rule for exemplifying a subject by examples. 7. எதிர்நிலையகத்திணை. The rule for elucidating a circumstance by its opposite. 8. காரண or கருவியகத்திணை. Showing the condition or quality of a thing by its orginal cause. 9. காரியவகத்திணை. Proving a thing by its effects. 1. காரகவகத்திணை. The rule for relating an action, event, &c., to which belong the following:-- 1. செய்பவன், who. 2. செய்தொழில், what. 3. கருவிகள், by what helps. 4. பயன், why. 5. இடம் or நிலம், where. 6. காலம், when. 7. திறன், in what manner or how. 11. முன்னவையகத்திணை. The rule for foretelling events from signs. 12. பின்னவையகத்திணை. The rule for foretelling the consequences of any action. (p.) 17)

akl (p. 2) s. The hollow or bowl of an open lamp; தகழி. (c.) 2. An euphemism for the mons veneris, அல்குல். 3. A tree, பெருமரம். Ailanthus excelsa, L. 4. width, breadth, expanse, விரிவு. (p.) 45)

akōram (p. 3) s. Fierceness, severity, fervency, formidableness, கொடுமை. (c.) 2. One of the five faces of Siva-that to the south, சிவன் ஐம்முகத்தொன்று. (p.) அகோரதபசி விபரீதசோரன், one who performs severe penance is a great rogue. 29) *

akōrai (p. 3) s. An astrological division of the day into sections of one hour, or two and a half nalikies each, in which the seven planets reign successively, succeeding each other once in every cycle of seven hours. The order of succession is as follows, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars. From this it follows as a matter of course, that the planet which gives name to the day commences its reign at sun-rise, ஓரையினுட்பிரிவு. 31)

akkiṉipū (p. 4) s. [ex அக்கினி et பூ blossom.] Skanda, who led the celestial armies against the Asuras. Siva having cast his seed into the flame for the purpose of generating a warrior able to subdue Daruka one of the chief Asuras, Skanda was produced. In the Skanda Purana, where his wars are described at large, his birth is given differently, அக்கினிசன்மன். 20)

akkurṉ (p. 4) s. One of the seven of the 2d class of alms-giving princes, இடை யேழுவள்ளலிலொருவன். (p.) 24)

angkitam (p. 5) s. A scar, mark on the body, உடற்றழும்பு. 2. Name given to the hero of a poem, பாட்டுடைத்தலைவன். (p.) 31)

angkirṉ (p. 5) s. The name of a son of Brahma, a Rishi, one of the seven sages who were transferred to the skies where they appear as the stars of the great bear, ஆங்கீரசன். (p.) 32) *

acṭu (p. 5) s. Meanness, lowness, கீழ் மை. (p.) 2. Fault, குற்றம். 3. (c.) A small splint, a loose, uneven portion of a surface, as on a plate of metal, the finger nail, &c., உலோகங்களிற் பேருமசடு. அசடர், s. Low-caste people, illbred persons, கீழ்மக்கள். 62)

acantarppam (p. 5) s. [priv. அ et சந் தர்ப்பம்.] Inconvenience, சமயமின்மை. 2. Unfitness, சரிப்படாமை. (c.) 71) *

acamayam (p. 5) s. [priv. அ et சமயம்.] An unsuitable, inconvenient, unpropitious or improper time, ஒவ்வாச்சமயம். 78) *

acampavam (p. 5) s. [priv. அ et சம்ப வம்.] Improbability, an extraordinary event, அதிசயம். 2. One of the three defects in composition, தருக்கநூலின் முக்குற்றத் திலொன்று. See தோஷம். 3. Non-existence, பிறவாமை. (p.) 81) *

acākkiratai (p. 6) s. [priv. அ et சாக் கிரதை.] Unwatchfulness, inattentiveness, விழிப்பின்மை. (c.) 14) *

acurar (p. 6) s. (sing. அசுரன்.) A class of evil demi-gods the foes of the Devas, அவுணர். Wils. p. 96. ASURA. அசுரகுரு, s. The planet Venus, சுக்கிரன். அசுரசந்தி, s. Afternoon, evening, சாயங்காலம். (c.) அசுரநாள், s. The nineteenth lunar asterism, மூலநாள், Which is the natal nakshatra of the demons, and therefore considered very unlucky. (p.) அசுரமணம், s. One of the eight kinds of marriage. See மணம். (p.) அசுரமந்திரி--அசுரர்மந்திரி, s. The planet Venus, or its regent, being the Guru of the Asuras, as Brahaspata is of the Suras, சுக்கிரன். 42) *