Title: Completely agree - useless
Review: I completely agree with the previous reviewer. This dictionary is useless, and yes, like all Hippocrene dictionaries it is a cheap reprint of an earlier edition. The comments on the dictionary are spot on - and the explanatory approach in lieu of a translation reflects a habit common in cheap Indian dictionaries (there are examples of Bengali and Oriya dictionaries just as bad - but I hasten to add that there are some excellent Indian dictionaries as well). The real pity is that as far as I am aware there is no good modern dictionary either Tamil-English or English-Tamil and surprisingly for such a major language, very few serious textbooks either. This dictionary can do nothing other than further frustrate learners and does nothing to serve the needs of more advanced scholars.
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