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A. CHAKRAVARTI :
metre and contains 12 chapters'. The first section deals with the names of Dēvas, the second with the names of human beings, the third with lower animals, the fourth with the names of trees and plants, the fifth with place-names, the sixth dealing with the names of several objects; the seventh deals with the several artificial objects made by man out of natural objects such as metals and timber, the eighth chapter deals with names relating to attributes of things in general, the ninth deals with names relating to sounds articulate and inarticulate, the eleventh section deals with
1. Of the three nighantus referred to above, the following are the editions, in part or in full, of the Cudāmaņi, which, since it contains 12 chapters, is also known as the Pannirandunighantu.
1) Cüļāmaņi-Pannirandu-nighantu, Text and comm
entary, Ed. by Kesava Mudaliar, 1870; 2) Cudāmaņi-Pansirandu-nighantu, Text and comm
entary, Ed. by Arumugaswamigal, Tiruvorriyur, 1873; 3) Pannirandu-nighantu, Text and commentary, Ed. by
Tandavaraya Mudaliar, 1877; 4) Cudamani-Pangirandu-nighantu, Text and comm
entary, Ed. by Shanmuga Mudaliar, 1877; 5) Cüļāmaņi-Pansirandu-nighantu, Text and comm
entary, Ed. by Saravana Panditar, 1880: 6) Pansirandu-nighantu, Text and commentary, Ed. by
Maunagurusvami, Chittoor, 1883; 7) Pansirandu-nighantu, Text and commentary, Ed. by
Ponnusvami Mudaliar and Dase Gavundar, 1886; 8) Cūļāmaņi-nighanțu, Text of the first ten chapters,
Ed. by Vythilingam, Madras, 1875; 9) Cūļāmaņi-nighantu, Text and commentary of the
first ten chapters, Ed. by Arumuga Navalar, Madras, 1867, 1873 and 1880;
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