கலாநிதி

கலை (kalai, “art, learning”) +‎ நிதி (niti, “wealth”)

கலாநிதி • (kalāniti)

1. the moon
2. title given to an learned master of certain disciplines of art
3. (Sri Lanka) Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.

• Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “கலாநிதி”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House
• S. Ramakrishnan (1992) “கலாநிதி”, in தற்காலத் தமிழ் அகராதி [Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil] (in Tamil), Madras: Cre-A Publishers, page 260