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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 :-

1)

The inscriptions (in Tamil) belonging to different periods, published by the Archaeological        Department. 

2)

Glossaries of the various publications of Mahamahopadhyaya Dr.V.Swaminatha Aiyar and other Scholars.

3)

Glossaries of judicial and revenue terms, such as wilson's Glossary, sitaramayya's Classified Glossary,Col. Yule's Hobson-Jobson, ect.

4)

McLean's Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency, Vol.III and the District Gazetteers of the Tamil Districts, Thurston's Castes and Tribes of Southern India.

5)

Text-books on modern sciences and arts.

6)

Special dictionaries like Malai-y-akarati,Mulikai-y-akarati,Cotita-v-akarati,Vaittiya-paripasai-y-akarati,Apitana-cintamani,Apitana-kocum,Lushington's Vernacular List of  Trees, Shrubs and Woody Climbers in the Madras Presidency, Gleeson's Catalogue of  Trees,Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants.

7)

Modern Tamil works in prose and verse, as well as articles in leading Tamil journals.

Besides the above, the Tamil Lexicon has also utilized the sources relating to the following:-

1)

Technical terms of  the ancient Sastras, such as Logic, Astronomy, Astrology and Medicine.

2)

Mythological names of persons, places and things.

3)

Professional terms and slang of various kinds.         

 

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