kḷācāttirm (p. 100) --களாநூல், s. A scientific treatise concerning four different kinds of women. See கொக்கோகம். 10)

kāppukkṭṭ (p. 102) inf. To tie a string on the arm in token of vow, and as a pledge for its performance. 2. To tie on an amulet. 3. To engage in with earnestness, applied chiefly to improper, or unimportant pursuits, and only in colloquial usage. 4. [in medicine.] To tie a string a certain herbs, &c., that are to be plucked up in order to dispel a curse pronounced on them. 5. To begin to read a purana at a temple. 93)

kiṉṟu (p. 112) part. A characteristic of the present tense--as in செய்கின்றது, நிகழ்காலவிடை நிலை. 2. A poetic expletive--as in உணர்கின் றுவாம், we shall think. 40) *

kvul (p. 98) s. (Hin.) A treaty, capitulation, உடம்படிக்கை. 2. [prov.] A bad smell, நாற்றம். 47)

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) *

kiṟukiṟu (p. 112) க்கிறது, த்தது, க்கும், க்க, v. n. To go giddy, dizzy; to whirl, தலைகிறுகிறுக்க. 2. To be confounded, confused, disconcerted, தடுமாற. அவன்கிறுகிறுத்துப்போனான். He was confounded. கிறுகிறுப்பு, v. noun. Giddiness, dizziness, whirling of the head; momentary bewilderment, தலைச்சுழற்சி. 2. Pride, haughtiness, செருக்கு. அவன்கிறுகிறுப்படங்கிற்று. His pride is brought down. கிறுகிறெனல், v. noun. Being giddy, dizzy, கிறுகிறுப்பு. 2. Moving rapidly, விரை வுக்குறிப்பு. தலைகிறுகிறென்றுசுற்றுகிறது. I am giddy, my head whirls. கிறுகிறென்றுசுழல, inf. To whirl, to turn round rapidly; to feel giddy. கிறுகிறென்றுவர, inf. To be seized with giddiness. 2. To come in a great hurry. 27)

kiẕi (p. 111) s. A line--as drawn on the ground, paper, &c., கீற்று. 2. A shred, a piece torn off, கிழிந்ததுண்டு. 3. A strip of cloth tied round the waist of mendicants, a mendicant's girdle, கீளுடை. 4. A prize, reward, or treasure tied up in a cloth and exposed to public view to invite competition in any work of skill, நிதிப்்பொதி. 5. Ears of corn tied into a small bunch, or otherwise, and suspended in some conspicuous place of a temple as the first-fruit of the crop, புதிர்க் கிழி. 6. A picture, எழுதுபடம். கிழிகட்ட, inf. To hang up a prize, to lay down a reward. கிழிக்கட்டு, s. Prize, treasure, sacred ashes, &c., tied in a strip of cloth. உலவாக்கிழி, s. Inexhaustible treasure. (p.) கிழிதீட்ட, inf. To draw a picture. (p.) 47)

kālāẕ (p. 105) s. Mud, soft mud, குழைசேறு. 6)

klluṇṭai (p. 96) s. A kind of rice, ஓர்செல். 288)

katai (p. 92) s. A story, an anecdote, a narrative, an apologue, சரிதம். 2. A tale, a fable, a romance, a fiction, a fabrication, legend, கட்டுக்கதை. 3. A thing, an affair, a topic, a circumstance, காரணச்சொல். 4. A message, a communication, சொல். Wils. p. 185. KATHA. 5. (p.) A club, தண்டாயுதம். 6. A stick, or rod, தடி. Wils. p. 28. GADA. 7. [prov.] A talk, conversation, chitchat, confabulation, சம்பாஷணை. கதாபாணி, s. One armed with a club, தண்டபாணி. கதாப்பிரசங்கம், s. Loquaciousness, garrulity, much talking, telling stories, &c., சரித்திரப்பிரசங்கம். கதாமஞ்சரி, s. A series of fables or stories, கதைக்கொத்து; [ex மஞ்சரி, chain or series.] கதாயுதம், s. A club or mace, தண் டாயுதம். கதாயுதன், s. Bhima a son of the king Pandu, வீமன். 2. Bhairava, வைர வன். (p.) கதாயுத்தம், s. A club-fight, a battle or contest with clubs, தண்டாயுதப்போர். (p.) கதைகட்ட, inf. To fabricate a story, a fable, a romance or other fiction. 2. To invent a slander. 3. To form the plot or groundwork of a drama. கதைகாரன், s. A talkative person, a story-teller, a tattler, a babbler. 2. [in dramatic performances.] The prolocutor. கதைகோக்க, inf. To fabricate stories, to make romances, novels, &c. கதைக்க, inf. To relate a fable. 2. To be talkative, to talk much. கதைசொல்ல, inf. To relate, repeat stories. 2. To tattle, babble. குழந்தைகதைசொல்லுகிறதா? Does the infant begin to smile and to show signs of intelligence? கதைபடிக்க, inf. To read sacred stories in the temple according to rule --also profane stories. கதைபிடுங்க, inf. To elicit a secret by cunning words, to fish out a matter. கதைபேச, inf. To converse, chat. கதைப்பராக்கு, s. Attention diverted by conversation. கதைப்புணர்ச்சி, v. noun. Connexion of a story, account, &c., in its several parts. கதைமாற, inf. To prevaricate, shuffle. கதையறிய, inf. To spy out--as an enemy, &c., to watch narrowly the proceedings of an enemy under a mask. கதையிலேபொழுதுபோக்க, inf. To beguile time in the recitation of tales. கதையெடுக்க, inf. To introduce a subject. கதைவளர்க்க, inf. To prolong a story, conversation, cavilling, &c. கதைவிட, inf. To tell a false story for some sinister end. 2. To tell stories. கதைவிட்டுக்கதைகேட்க. To tell or mention things in order to fish out matters from another. கதைவிட்டுக்கதையறிய. To tell something pleasing to one in order to get secrets from him. கட்டுக்கதை, s. A fable. கிளைக்கதை, s. A digression in a fable, one story arising from another, a ramifying narrative, an episode. புண்ணியகதை, s. A religious tale. கதைத்தல், v. noun. Speaking, telling. 2)