Potuccir, Potuccīr, Potu-cir: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Potuccīr (பொதுச்சீர்) [potu-cīr] noun < பொது [pothu] +. (Pros.) Feet of four syllables peculiar to vañci verse, of which there are 16, the formulas being formed by adding to tēmā, puḷimā, karuviḷam, kūviḷam each of the terms taṇṇiḻal, taṇpū, naṟumpū, naṟuniḻal; நாலசையாலாகிய வஞ்சிப் பாவில் வரக்கூடியனவும், தேமா, புளிமா, கருவிளம், கூவிளம் என்பவற்றோடு தண்ணிழல், தண்பூ, நறும் பூ, நறுநிழல் என்பவற்றைத் தனித்தனிச் சேர்ப்பத னால் தோன்றுவனவுமான பதினாறு சீர்கள். [nalasaiyalagiya vanchip pavil varakkudiyanavum, thema, pulima, karuvilam, kuvilam enpavarrodu thannizhal, thanpu, narum pu, narunizhal enpavarraith thanithanis serppatha nal thonruvanavumana pathinaru sirkal.] (யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை, உறுப். [yapparungalag karigai, urup.] 5.)

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