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The authors of this collection have used Sanskrit derivatives (tadbhavas) very sparingly, and even these relate either to religion or mythology. They are ஆவுதி (sacrifice), பலி (offering), மந்திரம் (spell), காலன் (god of death), பாசம் or பசாசம் (devil), ஆரம் (garland), சாந்தி (purification), அவுணர் (Rakshas or demons), and ஆரியர் (Aryas). Thus in a work of about 1,800 lines only a dozen words of Sanskrit origin are to be found, and it speaks of the purity of the Tamil language. It can exist without the least help from foreign languages, as it had and even now has sufficient elementary words of native origin, out of which compounds can, with a little attention to phonetic principles, be formed to express modern thoughts and ideas.
