78 2. Nai – Puranānūņu – 50: iO 1 Teņ - Silappadikāram - 27:5 Y 26: #85 4. i{}:58 Maņimēkalai – 25:137 _j 4. Arum – Silappadikāram – 27:189 1 5. Vaņ - Silappadikaram - 23:63 25: 158 1 6. Mävaņ – Maņimēkalai - Padikam-97 } 3,3 Of the above mentioned list of epithets it can be seen that ‘Tan’, ‘Nal’ have occurrences only in Safigam anthologies and the rest in the Twin epics only. Of all these ‘Nal’ appears to be outstanding in tune with the general preference to that by the ancient Tamil poets in all other matters also.” 3.4 Before we proceed further it will be interesting and instructive to note the various meanings for the epithets Tan, Nal, Teg, Arum, Vaạ and Mã according to the Tamiỉ lexicon.** Taņ 1. Coolness, coldness 2. Water 3. grace Nal Good South, Southern region Beauty Charity Harmony, music Song Sweetness Coconut tree Right side (Arumai-Arum) Rareness greatness Difficulty Difficulty of attainment
5. Smallness, minuteness
