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Folkloristics

1. நாட்டாரியல், நாட்டார் வழக்காற்றியல், நாட்டுப்புறவியல் – Folkloristics / folklore studies
2. நாட்டார் கதைகள்- folklore / folk tales
3. நாட்டார் கலைகள்- folk artforms
4. நாட்டார் நிகழ்த்துக் கலைகள் களஞ்சியம் – encyclopedia for performing folk arts
5. வட்டார வழக்கு- regional dialect
6. கிராமியக் கலை- rural art
7. ஆய்வு வழிகாட்டி- research guide
8. ஆவணங்கள்- documents
9. ஆய்வாளர்- researcher
10. இலக்கிய ஆய்வாளர்கள்- literary researcher
11. ஆய்வுக்கட்டுரைகள்- research articles
12. ஆய்வுப்பதிப்பு- critical edition
13. இலக்கிய வரலாறு- literary history
14. வாய்மொழி வரலாறு- oral history
15. பிராந்திய நுண்வரலாறு- regional microhistory
16. மைய வரலாறு- mainstream history
17. மக்கள் வரலாறு- people’s history
18. கீர்த்தனம்- hymn
19. கல்வெட்டு- inscriptions
20. கல்வெட்டியல்- epigraphy
21. கோவில்கலை- temple art/architecture
22. தற்கால இலக்கியம்- contemporary literature
23. ஓலைச்சுவடி, ஏடு- palm leaf manuscripts
24. தோல்பாவைக்கூத்து- shadow play (shadow puppetry)
25. நிலமானிய முறை- land governance
26. சமயக்கூறு- aspects of religion
27. மருமக்கள் வழி / மருமக்கத்தாயம் – matrilineal inheritance
28. வடிவ ஒழுங்கு – perfection in form
29. கலையழகு – artistic beauty / aesthetic appeal
30. அங்கதத்தன்மை -

Sitrilakiyam

1. Sir/ Cir - metrical foot
2. Adi - metrical line
3. Pa/Pavinam - Metre
4. Kalivirutham, Kalithalisai, Kalithurai - auxiliary metres of Kalippa
5. Sandhavirutham - Stanzas with uniform rhythmic movements
6. Kalippa - One of the four principal classes of metre in Tamil.
7. Kalithurai - An auxiliary form of Kalippa metre, comprising four lines of five feet each.
8. Akaval - one of the four basic types of verse in Tamil prosody which employs Akaval metre characterized by Akaval rhythm, the loud notes of call like those of a peacock. Any kind of feet can occur in it.
9. Vencir/Vensir - Trisyllabic simple
10. Iyarcir/Iyarsir - disyllabic simple
11. Asiriya uriccir/uricheer - disyllabic complex
12. Thullalosai - Jumping rhythm
13. Sadhagam/ Catakam - A verse genre: poem of 100 stanzas of didactic and devotional content
14. Venpa - One of the four kinds of metre, marked by declarative rhythm
15. Andhadhi - Concatenation in which the foot, syllable or letter (or the whole word or line) at the end of a line of verse begins the next line.
16. Ettuthokai - Eight Anthologies
17. Pathupattu - Ten Idylls
18. Agam - lit. inside, category which deals with inner or private life, specifically 'love between man and woman'
19. Puram - lit. outside, category which deals with outer or public life, specifically 'heroism, war, ethics etc'
20. Thinai - minor genres
21. Kaikilai - unrequitted love
22. Perunthinai - improper love
23. Agapuram - agam genre mixed with puram elements
24. Vetchi - cattle raid
25. Vanchi - preperation for war or invasion
26. Ulignai - siege
27. Thumbai - battle
28. Vaagai - victory
29. Kaanchi - tragedy or instability
30. Paadan - elegy or praise
31. Thalaivan, Kilavan - hero
32. Thalaivi, kilathi - heroine
33. Paangan, thozhan - hero's friend
34. Paangi, thozhi - heroine's friend
35. Nattrai - mother
36. Sevili - foster mother
37. Kootru - speaker
38. Ketpor - listener
39. Mudhalporul - lit, 'first, basic things'; consists of basic elements such as a tract of land, a season, a time of day or night
40. Karuporul - lit, 'things born'; flora and fauna found in the tract, its inhabitants, their occupations etc
41. Uriporul - lit, 'proper, specific'; the aspect peculiar to each landscape, more specifically, the feelings, deeds and situations of the dramatis personae of the love poetry.
42. Kurinji - mountains
43. Neydhal - seashore
44. Paalai - wastelands
45. Mullai - forests
46. Marudham - agricultural plains
47. Karpu - love after marriage
48. Kalavu - love before marriage
49. Kondrai - cassia tree
50. Cheyyul urupu - constituents of poetry

Arubathunangu kalaigal - sixty four traditional sciences and arts

1. Akkara ilakanam - the science of reading
2. Ilikidham - Caligraphy
3. Kanidham - The science of numbers
4. Vedham - the hindu scriptures
5. Puranam - Sacred books comprising the whole body of Hindu theology
6. Ilakanam/ vyakaranam - grammar
7. Needhisastram - Jurisprudence
8. Jodhida Sastram - Astronomy including astrology
9. Dharma Sastram - moral philosophy
10. Yoga Sastram - rules of religious and abstract meditations
11. Madhira Sastram - utterances of prayers, hymns, magic etc
12. Saguna Sastram - the science of prognosticating by omens and augury
13. Sirpa Sastram - architecture and sculpture
14. Vaidhya Sastram - science of healing
15. Uruva Sastram - study of human forms and features
16. Idhigaasam - Historical and semi historical narratives
17. Kaaviyam - epic poetry
18. Alangaaram - rhetoric
19. Madhura Patanam - eloquence
20. Nadagam - drama
21. Nirutham - dance
22. Satha piramam - modulation of sounds
23. Veenai - Knowledge of stringed instruments
24. Venu - knowledge of the flute
25. Mirudhangam - knowledge of percussion instrument
26. Thalam - keeping beats
27. Athira paritchai - archery
28. Kanaga paritchai - gold assay
29. Ratha paritchai - chariot lore
30. Kaja paritchai - elephant lore
31. Ashwa paritchai - horse lore
32. Rathina paritchai - gemmology
33. Bhoomi paritchai - knowledge of soils
34. Sangirama paritchai - military science
35. Malyutham - wrestling