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97. Akappaichchittar Pddal. 

 90. Alukunichchittar Pddal, 

 99. Idaikkddduchchittar Pddal. 



100. Pattirakiriydr Pulampal. 



101. PaddanattuppiUaiydr Pddal. 



A collection of verses of different metres, attributed to 

 PaddanattuppiUai, a wealthy merchant of Kav6rippumpadda- 

 nam, who is said to have ejaculated them extempore as he 

 wandered up and down the country after he had parted with 

 all his worldly possessions and assumed the life of an 

 ascetic. 



The following works belong to the Tamil Catholics : — 



1. Ndnopatesam. — A course of lectures on theology : 

 by the Rev, Father Robert De Nobiles. 



2. A'tma Nirnayam.— A treatise on the origin and 

 nature of the soul of man, in opposition to the various 

 conflicting opinions held by the Hindu philosophers about 

 them : by the same author. 



3. Mantira Mdlai. — A choice collection of prayers for 

 the use of the laity : by the same author. 



4. Vetiyar Olukkam. — Exhortations on the nature 

 and duties of the office of catechists, in twenty chapters : 

 by the Rev. Father J. C. Beschi, 1727. 



5. Ndnakkannddi. — Meditations for catechists: by 

 the same author. 



6. ffidnamuyatchi. — Exhortations on the practice of 

 piety : by the same author. 



7. Veta Vilakkam— Exposition and defence of the 

 doctrines of the Catholic Church, in eighteen chapters : 

 by the same author. 



8. Petakamuruttal. — A confutation of schism : by 

 the same author. 



9. Lutarinattiyalpu.— -The apocalyptic vision of the 

 fall of a star from heaven applied to the fall of Luther from 

 the Catholic Church : by the same author. 



