Eluttupporuttam, Eḻuttupporuttam, Eluttu-poruttam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Eḻuttupporuttam (எழுத்துப்பொருத்தம்) [eḻuttu-poruttam] noun < idem. +.

1. (poetics) Rule of propriety which enjoins that the word commencing a poem should consist of three, five, seven, or nine letters including the mute consonants, and not of four, six, or eight, one of ten ceyyuṇ-mutaṉ-moḻi-p-poruttam; q.v.; ஒருகாப்பியத்தின் தொடக்கச்செய்யுளின் முதன்மொழி ஒற்றெழுத்துட்பட மூன்றைந்து ஏழொன்ப தென்னும் எழுத்துக்களுள் ஏதேனும் ஒன்றைப் பெற்றுவருவதாகிய செய்யுண் முதன்மொழிப் பொருத்த வகை. [orugappiyathin thodakkacheyyulin muthanmozhi orrezhuthudpada munrainthu ezhonpa thennum ezhuthukkalul ethenum onraip perruvaruvathagiya seyyun muthanmozhip porutha vagai.] (வெண்பாப்பாட்டியல் முதன். [venpappattiyal muthan.] 4, தலைப்பு. [thalaippu.])

2. Choosing such a name for a child, as begins with one of the letters ascribed in astrology to the nakṣatra under which the child was born; பிறந்த நட்சத்திரத்திற்குரிய எழுத்துக்களி லொன்றோடு தொடங்கப் பெயரிடுகை. [pirantha nadsathirathirkuriya ezhuthukkali lonrodu thodangap peyaridugai.] (W.)

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