aḷi (p. 33) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To preserve, protect, defend, keep or take care of, nourish, cherish, காக்க. 2. To give, present, grant, bestow, be liberal to, ஈய. 3. To consign to one's care, deliver over, கையளிக்க. 4. To yield, produce, beget, ஈன. 5. To keep, store up, lay up for future use, பத்திரப்படுத்த. 6. To share, பங்கிட. 7. v. n. To come near, நெருங்க. (p.) உலகளித்தவள். The mother of the world, she who produced all worlds. மைந்தனையளித்தான், He has begotten a son. வீழ்வாரளிக்குமளி. The love which lovers bestow. அளித்தல், v. noun. Preservation, இரட்சிக்கை. 2. The act of bestowing, granting, அருளுகை. 32) *

akpporuḷ (p. 2) s. [ex. அகம், mind, et பொருள்.] Rules for amatory poems, அ கப்பொருள்விதி. 2. Rules for reasoning, தர்க் கவிதி. 3. mental enjoyments in love, இன் பம். 4. A book treating of mental delectation, ஓரிலக்கணம். அகப்பொருள் is developed in these three constituents, viz., 1. முதற்பொருள், primary arrangements of nature with regard to (a) நிலம், soil, in five varieties, and (b) பொழுது, time in two grand divisions. 2. கருப்பொருள், natural peculiarities incidental to each of the divisions of the soil under 14 heads viz., (a) ஆரணங்கு, peculiar gods belonging to a place, tutelary deities or penates, (b) உயர்ந் தோர், chiefs or lords of the district, (c) இழிந்தோர், subjects or inhabitants under them, (d) புள், birds, (e) விலங்கு, beasts, (f) ஊர், city or town, (g) நீர், water, (h) பூ, flowers, (i) மரம். trees, (j) உணா, food, (k) பறை, drum, (l) யாழ், musical instruments, (m) பண், tune, and (n) தொழில், occupation, trade or mode of earning a livelihood. 3. உரிப்பொருள், essential characteristics of lovers. The subject matter of this treatise, to which the two former are auxiliary or conducive, is developed in five dispositions or actions, either mental or coporal, viz., (a) புணர்தல், union or the state in which husbands and wives are together in their family, (b) பிரிதல், separation when for lawful purposes, (c) இருத்தல், the state in which they continue solitary, especially the bride, (d) ஊடல், love quarrels, (e) இ ரங்கல், weeping and lamentation in any period of their life for any cause. These five characteristics are respectively ascribed to the above five species of soil, as appropriately adapted to their nature, as புணர்தல் to குறிஞ்சி, பிரிதல் to பாலை, இருத்தல் to முல்லை, ஊடல் to மருதம், and இரங்கல் to நெய்தல். இந் த ஐந்து ஒழுக்கத்தையுங்குறித்துப் பாடும்பொழுது அத தற்குக்குறித்த திணையிலுள்ள கருப்பொருள்களையெடுத் துப் பாடுதன்முறையாம். (p.) அகப்பொருட்கோவை, s. A poem which treats of அகப்பொருள். 22) *

aṟumpu (p. 33) s. Scarcity of corn, dearth, பஞ்சம். 2. Wantonness, wickedness, துஷ் டத்தனம். அறும்பன், s. A wicked fellow. 59)

arikaṇṭam (p. 24) s. An iron grate, or frames of cross bars, worn on the neck by devotees, as a mode of self-torture, ஓர்விரத வேஷம். 2. Teasing, annoying, vexing as the continual application of creditors for payment or other constant troubles, தொந் தரை; [ex *அரி, et கண்டம்.] (பணவிடுதூது.) 2)

aru (p. 24) s. That which is formless, destitute of shape, incorporeal, spiritual, உருவமற்றது. 2. (fig.) Deity, the Supreme Being, கடவுள். 3. Intellect, அறிவு. 4. Minuteness, atom, அணு. (p.) 44)

arivāḷmṇaippūṇṭu (p. 24) s. A plant, Sida lanceolata. (Retz.) 40)

avuttiritīṭcai (p. 31) s. Instruction of a disciple by a Guru through symbolic characters, of which there are two kinds, ஞானவுத்திரி and கிரியாவுத்திரி. See தீட்சை. 20)

akkaṉ (p. 4) s. A dog, நாய். (p.) 2) *

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)

arēcikm (p. 27) s. The plantain tree, வாழை. 2)