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Folkloristics
- நாட்டாரியல், நாட்டார் வழக்காற்றியல், நாட்டுப்புறவியல் – Folkloristics / folklore studies
- நாட்டார் கதைகள்- folklore / folk tales
- நாட்டார் கலைகள்- folk artforms
- நாட்டார் நிகழ்த்துக் கலைகள் களஞ்சியம் – encyclopedia for performing folk arts
- வட்டார வழக்கு- regional dialect
- கிராமியக் கலை- rural art
- ஆய்வு வழிகாட்டி- research guide
- ஆவணங்கள்- documents
- ஆய்வாளர்- researcher
- இலக்கிய ஆய்வாளர்கள்- literary researcher
- ஆய்வுக்கட்டுரைகள்- research articles
- ஆய்வுப்பதிப்பு- critical edition
- இலக்கிய வரலாறு- literary history
- வாய்மொழி வரலாறு- oral history
- பிராந்திய நுண்வரலாறு- regional microhistory
- மைய வரலாறு- mainstream history
- மக்கள் வரலாறு- people’s history
- கீர்த்தனம்- hymn
- கல்வெட்டு- inscriptions
- கல்வெட்டியல்- epigraphy
- கோவில்கலை- temple art/architecture
- தற்கால இலக்கியம்- contemporary literature
- ஓலைச்சுவடி, ஏடு- palm leaf manuscripts
- தோல்பாவைக்கூத்து- shadow play (shadow puppetry)
- நிலமானிய முறை- land governance
- சமயக்கூறு- aspects of religion
- மருமக்கள் வழி / மருமக்கத்தாயம் – matrilineal inheritance
- வடிவ ஒழுங்கு – perfection in form
- கலையழகு – artistic beauty / aesthetic appeal
- அங்கதத்தன்மை -
Sitrilakiyam
- Sir/ Cir - metrical foot
- Adi - metrical line
- Pa/Pavinam - Metre
- Kalivirutham, Kalithalisai, Kalithurai - auxiliary metres of Kalippa
- Sandhavirutham - Stanzas with uniform rhythmic movements
- Kalippa - One of the four principal classes of metre in Tamil.
- Kalithurai - An auxiliary form of Kalippa metre, comprising four lines of five feet each.
- 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.
- Vencir/Vensir - Trisyllabic simple
- Iyarcir/Iyarsir - disyllabic simple
- Asiriya uriccir/uricheer - disyllabic complex
- Thullalosai - Jumping rhythm
- Sadhagam/ Catakam - A verse genre: poem of 100 stanzas of didactic and devotional content
- Venpa - One of the four kinds of metre, marked by declarative rhythm
- 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.
- Ettuthokai - Eight Anthologies
- Pathupattu - Ten Idylls
- Agam - lit. inside, category which deals with inner or private life, specifically 'love between man and woman'
- Puram - lit. outside, category which deals with outer or public life, specifically 'heroism, war, ethics etc'
- Thinai - minor genres
- Kaikilai - unrequitted love
- Perunthinai - improper love
- Agapuram - agam genre mixed with puram elements
- Vetchi - cattle raid
- Vanchi - preperation for war or invasion
- Ulignai - siege
- Thumbai - battle
- Vaagai - victory
- Kaanchi - tragedy or instability
- Paadan - elegy or praise
- Thalaivan, Kilavan - hero
- Thalaivi, kilathi - heroine
- Paangan, thozhan - hero's friend
- Paangi, thozhi - heroine's friend
- Nattrai - mother
- Sevili - foster mother
- Kootru - speaker
- Ketpor - listener
- Mudhalporul - lit, 'first, basic things'; consists of basic elements such as a tract of land, a season, a time of day or night
- Karuporul - lit, 'things born'; flora and fauna found in the tract, its inhabitants, their occupations etc
- 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.
- Kurinji - mountains
- Neydhal - seashore
- Paalai - wastelands
- Mullai - forests
- Marudham - agricultural plains
- Karpu - love after marriage
- Kalavu - love before marriage
- Kondrai - cassia tree
- Cheyyul urupu - constituents of poetry
Arubathunangu kalaigal - sixty four traditional sciences and arts
- Akkara ilakanam - the science of reading
- Ilikidham - Caligraphy
- Kanidham - The science of numbers
- Vedham - the hindu scriptures
- Puranam - Sacred books comprising the whole body of Hindu theology
- Ilakanam/ vyakaranam - grammar
- Needhisastram - Jurisprudence
- Jodhida Sastram - Astronomy including astrology
- Dharma Sastram - moral philosophy
- Yoga Sastram - rules of religious and abstract meditations
- Madhira Sastram - utterances of prayers, hymns, magic etc
- Saguna Sastram - the science of prognosticating by omens and augury
- Sirpa Sastram - architecture and sculpture
- Vaidhya Sastram - science of healing
- Uruva Sastram - study of human forms and features
- Idhigaasam - Historical and semi historical narratives
- Kaaviyam - epic poetry
- Alangaaram - rhetoric
- Madhura Patanam - eloquence
- Nadagam - drama
- Nirutham - dance
- Satha piramam - modulation of sounds
- Veenai - Knowledge of stringed instruments
- Venu - knowledge of the flute
- Mirudhangam - knowledge of percussion instrument
- Thalam - keeping beats
- Athira paritchai - archery
- Kanaga paritchai - gold assay
- Ratha paritchai - chariot lore
- Kaja paritchai - elephant lore
- Ashwa paritchai - horse lore
- Rathina paritchai - gemmology
- Bhoomi paritchai - knowledge of soils
- Sangirama paritchai - military science
- Malyutham - wrestling
