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Cūttiram (சூத்திரம்) noun < sūtra.
1. Thread, cord; பஞ்சதந்திரப் பாடற்ுநூல். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [panchunul. (sudamaninigandu)]
2. Machine; engine; mechanism; spring in a machine; இயந்திரம். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) முன்பயில் சூதசங்கிதை்திர மிதுவென [iyanthiram. (sudamaninigandu) munpayil suthira mithuvena] (கம்பராமாயணம் கார்முக. [kambaramayanam karmuga.] 61).
3. Ingenious contrivance, puzzle; சூட்சுமவேலை. [sudsumavelai.] (W.)
4. Stratagem, artful trick, artifice; தந்திரம். [thanthiram.] (W.)
5. Secret, mystery; இரகசியம். ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [iragasiyam. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]
6. Sūtra, aphorism; சில் வகையெழுத்திற் பல்வகைப்பொருளும் செறிந்துவிளங்க அமைத்து முடிக்கப்படும் யாப்பு. [sil vagaiyezhuthir palvagaipporulum serinthuvilanga amaithu mudikkappadum yappu.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 481.)
7. Treatise in sūtra style; சூதசங்கிதை்திர வடிவில் இயன்ற நூல். வேதாந்த சூதசங்கிதை்திரம். [suthira vadivil iyanra nul. vethantha suthiram.]
8. Sūtra, of six kinds, viz., peyar-c-cūttiram, viti-c-cūttiram, vilakkiyaṟ-cūttiram, niyama-c-cūttiram, atikāra-c-cūttiram, ñāpaka-c-cūttiram; பெயர்ச்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம், விதிச்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம், விலக்கியற்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம், நியமச்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம், அதிகாரச்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம், ஞாபகச்சூதசங்கிதை்திரம் என அறுவகைப் படும் சூதசங்கிதை்திரங்கள். [peyarchuthiram, vithichuthiram, vilakkiyarsuthiram, niyamachuthiram, athigarachuthiram, gnapagachuthiram ena aruvagaip padum suthirangal.] (யாப்பருங்கலம் விருத்தி பாயி. பக். [yapparungalam viruthi payi. pag.] 11.)
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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