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University of Madras completes the Tamil Lexicon

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The final volume of the University of Madras Tamil Lexicon was published, completing the largest Tamil dictionary of its time.

The Tamil Lexicon was a multi-volume dictionary project of the University of Madras, building on earlier Tamil-English dictionaries. Printing began in 1924, and S. Vaiyapuri Pillai was appointed editor in 1926. The final volume was published in 1936, and a supplement followed in 1939. It is regarded as one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of the Tamil language.

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