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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVirittal (விரித்தல்) noun < விரி²-. [viri²-.]
1. (Grammar) A poetic licence which consists in the augmentation of a letter in the middle of a word, one of nine ceyyuḷ-vikāram, q.v.; செய்யுள்விகாரம் ஒன்பதனுள் சொல்லிடையே எழுத்துத் தோன்றுவது. [seyyulvigaram onpathanul sollidaiye ezhuthuth thonruvathu.] (நன். [nan.] 155.)
2. Elaborate treatment of topics briefly dealt with in a former treatise, one of four nūl-yāppu, q.v.; நூல்யாப்பு நான்கனுள் முன் னூலிற் றொகுத்துக் கூறப்பட்டதனை விளங்குமாறு விரித்துக் கூறுவது. [nulyappu nankanul mun nulir roguthug kurappattathanai vilangumaru virithug kuruvathu.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 652.)
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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Ends with: Marronruvirittal.
Full-text: Ceyyulvikaram, Nurkurram, Putaipara, Vellaiviri, Marronruvirittal, Kataivalar, Potiyavil, Netukappiti, Vaytira, Viri, Vanni, Parampu, Parappu, Iku, Pay, Uruttu, Kulai, Pali.
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