''Sabdatharavali'' ( ml, ശബ്ദതാരാവലി; "A star cluster of words") is a
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
dictionary having more than 1800 pages and considered as the most authentic Malayalam dictionary of the 20th century. The first part of this dictionary authored by
Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai
Sreekanteswaram G. Padmanabha Pillai (1865–1946), popularly known as ''Sreekanteswaram'', was a lexicographer and scholar best known for his Malayalam dictionary ''Sabdatharavali''.
Life
Padmanabha Pillai was born on 1865Kathakali, the Art o ...
was published in 1918.
An
open access version of Sabdatharavali is digitized by Sayahna Foundation in 2021.
See also
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Kanippayyur Shankaran Namboodiripad Kanippayyur Shankaran Namboodiripad (1891-1981) was a Nambudiri Brahmin in the State of Kerala in India who helped rejuvenate interest in the Indian traditional architectural styles known collectively as Vastu shastra.
He was a consultant for the ...
References
Malayalam-language literature
Malayalam dictionaries
20th-century Indian books
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