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pirakara ca-cuvamikal and Civanana-munivar, grammars like IIakkana-vilakkam,Tonnul-vilakkam, and Pirayoka-vivekam,devotional poems like those of Tayumanavar and Ramalinka-cuvamikal,musical compostions like Irama-natakam and patams like of those Kavikuncara Parati ,minor works like Arappalicura-catakam and Kumareca-catakam - all these belong to this period . Astrological treatises like Kumaracuvamiyam,medical treatises like paisajakalpam,christian works like Iratcaniya-yatitrikam are also some of the other important works. Almost all the works available, ranging from the earliest
specimens of Tamil literature to the latest ,have been studied and
utilised for the Tamil Lexicon and a fairly exhaustive collection of words
has been made frm them.Mauscript materials have also been occasionally
used. An exhaustive index verboruma of the important nikantus has
been prepared and it has been of considerable use in the
preparation the Tamil
Lexicon. Besides Winslow's all the important
earlier dictionaries like caturakarati,Fabricius's Dictionary,
Rottler's Dictionary , the Jaffna Dictionary and the Sangam Dictionary
have been consulted and utilized. The following sources have also been used :-
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