தலம் - talam
ஸ்தல,
s. place, site, location,
இடம்; 2. a sacred shrine, a holy place; 3. a chief place, as the metropolis,
இராசதானி; 4. a region or part of the body; 5. the earth,
பூமி; 6. a shelter, a place of refuge,
புகலிடம்; 7. (
in composition identity as in
பூதலம், the earth itself, கரதலம், the hand, செவித்தலம், the ear etc.
தலசுத்தி, cleansing a place, ceremonial purification of a house after the birth of a child, a death etc.; 3. sweeping the parts about a temple. தலதரிசனம், visiting a sacred place. தலத்தார், the in habitants of a place local residents. தலபுராணம், a Purana written in praise of a sacred place. தலபேதம், the difference of places, (as affecting health). தலமகத்துவம், -மகிமை, the excellence of a sacred place. தலவாரி, enumeration of cultivated lands. தலவிசேஷம், the advantages of one sacred place over others; 2. specialities of a place with regard to miraculous occurrences. தலாதிபதி, the chief of a place.