This sniew. “coi chentive Tamil -Englih= Tamil: Lexicon is — compiled:-on ‘= philological: basis. Init; all Tamil” words — and” ducidentally those of the- other “Dravidian dinleets — together with Prefisay “aulfixes and other: morphological elements: are, as much a possible, “traced. te. their” roots. or most: elementary linguist forme, — thut presen omplete analysis of the Tamil Iongunze, an order=to facilitate study forall. Another new feature is: the newly discovered Sumerian, Hitlite’ &c are shown, forthe first ‘ = thevaid of the:cluea obtained from Dravidian Etymology, shedding a flbod “oflight on the true.origin of @ Inrge percentage sof their words. The work is planned to be: completed ta wa, compact volumes of about a-thousand pages each. isaved in twenty: “parte, [favill contain more words than “are found in the Madiay University. Tamil= Lexicon, beside the new etymological and Bemnaceive mabrgt above referred 0. = 3: PART It 2ETYMOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE LEXICON OF THE TAMIL LANGUAGE Ger 19 priny-pen Dus ad A3217D VOLUME I Part It 38289 CEYLON ‘THIRUMAKAL PRESS, CHUNNAKAM tga