VIII. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MAKING OF NEW DICTIONARIES A mere alphabetical dictionary is of no avail, for easy reference to promote accurate and advanced critical studies in vocabulary. Hence a dictionary of classified vocabulary under as many headings as possible is a great desideratum. It'is true that we have rightly discarded the old and crude methods used in the NÍ GHANTUS, but that does not rnean that we should not assimilate some of the principles of compilation adopted in the NIGHANTUS and give them a new orientation. As there is no need to elaborate on the enormous linguistic and cultural values of such a venture, let me straightaway begin to list some of the useful classifications that have to be made in the study of vocabulary. They are as follows: I. A Dictionary of Classified Vocabulary 1. Root-words with their derivatives & compounds 2. Words according to the parts of speech 3. Words used both as nouns and verbs. 4. Words according to number of letters (e.g. I have listed in Tamil 68 one-lettered words, about 4000 two-lettered words and about 14,000 three-lettered words) The com pilation of words in such a manner will not only be use ful to analyse the nature of vocabulary and to 'collect most of the etymons of vocabulary particularly in case of two and three lettered words but also for teaching the language. 5. Words of varieties or class-vocabularies or categories (I have listed about 10,000 class-vocabularies, e.g.
