குலம்

s. [in poet. குலன்.] Tribe, family, lineage, race; caste, nation, people, சாதி. 2. Herd, flock, shoal, assemblage, collec tion, கூட்டம். 3. Kind, class, species, sort, genus, இனம். 4. House, abode, மனை. 5. Royal palace, அரமனை. Wils. p. 233. KULA. 6. Family, rank, respectability or eminence of descent, உயர்குலம். 7. (Rott.) An inhabit ed country, குடி. 8. (பிங்.) The twenty seventh lunar asterism, or nacshatra; also, the time the moon accupies in traversing the nacshatra, இரேவதி. குரங்கானாலுங்குலத்திலெடு. Though an ape, let a wife be from one's own family. குலங்குப்பையிலே பணம்பந்தியிலே. Rank or caste is on the dung-hill, while wealth sits in state; i. e. the wealthy are honored. கோடாலிக்காம்பு குலத்துக்கீனம். The axe handle brings ruin to its race (by assist ing to cut down trees)--spoken of a person who brings disgrace and ruin to his family.

குலகன்மம், s. Customs attaching to a family, through successive generations, குலாசாரம். Wils. p. 233. KULAKARMMA.

குலகாயம், s. The rules or regulations of caste, குலவொழுக்கம். இதுனக்குக்குலகாயமாயிருக்கிறது. This is the custom of your family or tribe.

குலகூடஸ்தன், s. The first ancestor of a race or lineage.

குலக்கொடி--குலஸ்திரீ--குலபத்தினி --குலாங்கனை, s. The lawful wife. 2. A woman reputed for chastity. 3. A wo man of good family and caste, and of repute for chastity.

குலக்கொழுந்து, s. A rare son, the sprout or hope of the family.

குலவிளக்கு, s. A light to the family or caste-spoken of a chaste matron.

குலங்கெட்டவன், s. One who has lost his caste; an object, low-caste fellow.

குலசிரேட்டன்--குலஸ்தன்--குலத்தன்- குலமான், s. One born of a good family.

குலட்சயம், s. The ruin or decay of a family or tribe. wills. p. 233. KULAK SHAYA.

குலதருமம், s. The customs, duties, offices, &c., peculiar to, or proper for, a caste, &c. Wils. 233. KULAD'HARMMA.

குலதிலகம்--குலதிலதம், s. One who is an honor to his family; the respectable head of a family. 2. Very pure lineage; eminence of caste. Wils. p. 233. KUL ATILAKA.

குலதம்பிரான்--குலகுரு, s. A family guru, the guru of a race or tribe.

குலதெய்வம், s. The family, tutelary deity. 2. The deity of the tribe.

குலத்துக்குத்தக்ககுணம், s. Disposition, habits, or propensities peculiar to a caste.

குலத்துக்குத்தக்கநடை, s. Behaviour suitable to one's caste.

குலந்தெரிக்க, inf. To dwell on ano ther's parentage--commonly in ridicule.

குலபதி, s. The head of a caste or tribe. Wils. p. 233. KULAPATI.

குலப்பகை, s. Natural antagonism be tween different species--as between cats and dogs. 2. In-bred malice, hatred, &c., between tribes, perpetuated from generation to generation.

குலப்பழி, s. Offence or malice, perpet uated from generation to generation.

குலப்பழுது--குலவடு, s. Stigma on a family. 2. Meanness of caste.

குலப்பரத்தை, s. A courtezan by birth, or ancestry. 2. A courtezan, not com mon but kept by one man; a kept mistress.

குலமகள்--குலப்பெண், s. THe lawful wife. 2. A woman of good caste, reputed for chastity. குலமக்கட்கழகுதன்கொழுநனைப்பேணுதல். It is becoming in a lawful and virtuous wife to cherish and honor her husband.

குலமகன், s. A man of respectable caste. 2. A legitimate son.

குலமங்குதல், v. noun. Being reduced in respectability, circumstances, &c.

குலமணி, s. A genuine gem; (fig.) one of an illustrious birth.

குலமிலான்--குலவீனன், s. A man of low caste.

குலமுறைகிளத்த--குலஞ்செப்ப, inf. To give the genealogy of a family.

குலங்கூற--குலம்பேச, inf. To twit one of low parentage. 2. To boast or talk of one's own or another's high birth.

குலம்புகுந்தவன், s. One who has ming led with persons of a strange caste, a term of reproach.

குலம்பெயர, inf. [prov.] To be chang ed for the better or worse--as a tree by transplanting; to improve or degenerate.

குலவித்தை, s. The arts, duties, or em ployments peculiar to a family or caste.

குலவிருது, s. The standard or banner peculiar to a family. 2. A peculiarity or propensity in an individual, common to his family.

குலாசாரம், s. The custom, usage, duties, rites, &c., of a caste or tribe. Wils. p. 234. KULACHARA. குலாசாரங்காட்டுகிறான். He betrays his family or caste propensities.

குலாசாரியன், s. The family priest- as குலகுரு. Wils. p. 234. KULACHARYYA.

குலாதிக்கன், s. One of high caste or family, குலசிரேட்டன்.

குலாபிமானம், s. Family pride, pride of birth. 2. Respectability of caste, family, &c., சாதிமானம். Wils. p. 234. KU LAB'HIMANA.

குலிஞன்--குலிஞ்சன், s. A person of a high family, of honorable descent, &c., குலமுள்ளோன்.

குலீனன், s. One of a high family, &c. Wils. p. 234. KULEENA.

குலோத்துங்கன், s. The respectable chief of a family. 2. The name of an illustrious prince of the Chola dynasty.

குலடன், s. An adopted son, a foster child, சுவீகாரபுத்திரன். Wils. p. 233.