Tholkappiyam marapiyal’s last suthram point outs ‘Thanthira Utthis’. There are 32 utthis mentioned. Also, commentators mentioned some other utthis. These Thanthira utthis are the basic formulas to write and read the grammatical scripts. Nuthaliyatharithal is the first utthi mentioned in Tholkappiyam’s list. This paper explains Nuthaliyatharithal utthi based on commentators. This paper also deals about Nuthaliyatharithal’s subdivision, similarities and differences between Nuthaliyatharithal, Uytthukkontunarthal and Gnapakam kooral, reason for Nuthaliyatharithal’s Vaippumurai based on Commentators.

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