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3. N annul. 



Another Grammar, written by a Jaina ascetic, named 

 Pavananti, and inscribed to the king Ckeyakankan, who is 

 conjectured to have reigned at Madura about 800 years ago. 

 The author had proposed to treat of his subject under five 

 different heads, viz., Letters, Words, Composition, Versifi- 

 cation, and Embellishment ; but having died before he had 

 completed his design, the work comprises only the first 

 two heads. 



4. Vtrasoliyam. 



Another Grammar, so called from Virasofiyan, by whom 

 it was written. It chiefly treats of Orthography and 

 Etymology, as also of the rules of Versification, and is 

 probably of the same date as the preceding work. 



5. Nemindtam. 



A treatise on Orthography and Etymology : by Kunavira 

 Panditan. 



6. Kdrikai. 



A treatise on Versification, by a Jaina ascetic, named Amir- 

 tasdkaran, or "the sea of Nectar," who flourished some time 

 after Pavananti This work is, however, considered very 

 obscure, in a great measure to the studied brevity of the 

 style employed : hence the proverb " Better live by beating 

 the Perikai (kettle drum) than by writing verses by study- 

 ing the Kdrikai." 



7. Tandiyalankdram. 



8. Mdranalankdram. 



Two different treatises on Rhetoric : one by Tandi 

 A'siriyan and the other by Mdran. 



9. Iraiyandr Akapporul. 



A treatise on the choice of subjects for amatory poems, 

 consisting of a series of rules and examples, written by 



