<p><em>We have created a very powerful search engine to help you find results supporting deep and complex searches in English and Tamil(தமிழ்). Following are some examples of the different features of the search:</em></p>
<h2>Specific Paasuram</h2>
<p>To access a specific paasuram, you can specify the short code followed by pathu(decade).thirumozhi(chapter).paasuram number. For eg: to access Thiruvaimozhi 3rd decade 5th chapter 8th paasuram, you can say within quotes <a href="/divya-prabandam/TVM/3/5/8">“TVM 3.5.8”</a>. Alternatively, you can specify in the URL as well as <a href="/divya-prabandam/TVM/3/5/8">/divya-prabandam/TVM/3/5/8</a></p>
<p>Short Codes (SC) for Prabhandams are as follows:</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>SC</th>
<th>Tamil</th>
<th>English</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>TPL</td>
<td>திருப்பல்லாண்டு</td>
<td>Thiruppallaṇḍu</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PAT</td>
<td>பெரியாழ்வார் திருமொழி</td>
<td>Periyazhwār Thirumozhi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TP</td>
<td>திருப்பாவை</td>
<td>Thiruppāvai</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NAT</td>
<td>நாச்சியார் திருமொழி</td>
<td>Nāchiyār Thirumozhi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PMT</td>
<td>பெருமாள் திருமொழி</td>
<td>Perumāl Thirumozhi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TCV</td>
<td>திருச்சந்த விருத்தம்</td>
<td>Thiruchanda Virutham</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TM</td>
<td>திருமாலை</td>
<td>Thirumālai</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TPE</td>
<td>திருப்பள்ளியெழுச்சி</td>
<td>Thiruppaḷḷi Ezhuchi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AAP</td>
<td>அமலனாதிபிரான்</td>
<td>Amalan Aadipirān</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KCT</td>
<td>கண்ணி நுண்சிறுத்தாம்பு</td>
<td>Kaṇṇiṇuṇchiṛuthāmbu</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PT</td>
<td>பெரிய திருமொழி</td>
<td>Periya Thirumozhi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TKT</td>
<td>திருக்குருந்தாண்டகம்</td>
<td>Thirukkurundānḍagam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TNT</td>
<td>திரு நெடுந்தாண்டகம்</td>
<td>Thiru Nedunthandakam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MLT</td>
<td>முதல் திருவந்தாதி</td>
<td>1st Thiruvandādi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IT</td>
<td>இரண்டாம் திருவந்தாதி</td>
<td>2nd Thiruvandāthi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MUT</td>
<td>மூன்றாம் திருவந்தாதி</td>
<td>3rd Thiruvandāthi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NMT</td>
<td>நான்முகன் திருவந்தாதி</td>
<td>Nānmuhan Thiruvandāthi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TVT</td>
<td>திருவிருத்தம்</td>
<td>Thiruvirutham</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TS</td>
<td>திருவாசிரியம்</td>
<td>Thiruvāsiriyam</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PTA</td>
<td>பெரிய திருவந்தாதி</td>
<td>Periya Thiruvandāthi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TEK</td>
<td>திருவெழுகூற்றிருக்கை</td>
<td>Thiruvezukuṛṛirukkai</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>STM</td>
<td>சிறிய திருமடல்</td>
<td>Siriya thirumaḍal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PTM</td>
<td>பெரிய திருமடல்</td>
<td>Periyathirumaḍal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TVM</td>
<td>திருவாய் மொழி</td>
<td>Thiruvāymozhi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RNA</td>
<td>இராமாநுச நூற்றந்தாதி</td>
<td>Rāmānujanutrandāthi</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>URM</td>
<td>உபதேச ரத்தினமாலை</td>
<td>Upedesha Rathina Mālai</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Phrases:</h2>
<p>Phrase Search allows you to search for documents containing an exact sentence or phrase rather than comparing a set of keywords in random order. To use phrase search use quotation marks (") around a specific phrase:</p>
<p><a href="/search?record_type=Verse&#x26;query=%E2%80%9CLive+Long+%28Pall%C4%81ndu%29%21+Live+Long+%28Pall%C4%81ndu%29%21%E2%80%9D">"Live Long (Pallāndu)! Live Long (Pallāndu)!"</a></p>
<h2>Wildcards:</h2>
<p>Search supports single and multiple-character wildcard searches within single terms (not within phrase queries).</p>
<p>To perform a single-character wildcard search use the "?" symbol.</p>
<p>To perform a multiple-character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.</p>
<p>The single-character wildcard search looks for terms that match that with the single character replaced. For example, to search for "come" or "came" you can use the search:</p>
<p><a href="/search?record_type=Verse&#x26;query=C%3Fme">c?me</a></p>
<p>Multiple-character wildcard searches look for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for child or children, you can use the search:</p>
<p><a href="/search?record_type=Verse&#x26;query=child*">child*</a></p>
<p>You can also use wildcard searches in the middle of a term.</p>
<p><a href="/search?record_type=Verse&#x26;query=flo*ers">flo*ers</a></p>
<p>Note: You cannot use a * or? symbol as the first character of a search.</p>
<h2>Proximity search:</h2>
<p>UVeda search supports finding words within a specific distance away. To do a proximity search use the tilde, "~", symbol at the end of a Phrase. For example to search for a "dark" and "flower" within 4 words of each other in a document use the search:</p>
<p><a href="/search?record_type=Verse&#x26;query=%22dark+flower%22%7E4">"dark flower"~4</a></p>
<h2>Boolean:</h2>
<p>Boolean operators allow terms to be combined through logic operators. Search supports AND, "+", OR, NOT, and "-" as Boolean operators (Note: Boolean operators must be ALL CAPS).</p>
<h3>OR</h3>
<p>The OR operator is the default conjunction operator. This means that if there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the OR operator is used. The OR operator links two terms and finds a matching document if either of the terms exists in a document. This is equivalent to a union using sets. The symbol || can be used in place of the word OR.</p>
<p>To search for documents that contain either "cow" or "flute" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=cow+flute">cow flute</a></p>
<p>or</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=cow+OR+flute">cow OR flute</a></p>
<h3>AND</h3>
<p>The AND operator matches documents where both terms exist anywhere in the text of a single document. This is equivalent to an intersection using sets. The symbol &#x26;&#x26; can be used in place of the word AND.</p>
<p>To search for documents that contain "flower" and "flute" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=flower+AND+flute">"flower" AND "flute"</a></p>
<h3>+ (plus)</h3>
<p>The "+" or required operator requires that the term after the "+" symbol exist somewhere in the field of a single document.</p>
<p>To search for documents that must contain "flute" and may contain "flower" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=%2Bflute">+flute</a></p>
<h3>NOT</h3>
<p>The NOT operator excludes documents that contain the term after NOT. This is equivalent to a difference using sets. The symbol ! can be used in place of the word NOT.</p>
<p>To search for documents that contain "Ghee or Milk" but not "yogurt" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=ghee+OR+milk+NOT+yogurt">"ghee OR milk" NOT "yogurt"</a></p>
<p>Note: The NOT operator cannot be used with just one term. For example, the following search will return no results:</p>
<p>NOT "yogurt"</p>
<h3>- (minus)</h3>
<p>The "-" or prohibit operator excludes documents that contain the term after the "-" symbol.</p>
<p>To search for documents that contain "milk" but not "yogurt" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=milk+-yogurt">milk -yogurt</a></p>
<h2>Grouping</h2>
<p>Search supports using parentheses to group clauses to form sub-queries. This can be very useful if you want to control the boolean logic for a query.</p>
<p>To search for either "milk" and "ghee" or "yogurt" use the query:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=milk+AND+%28ghee+OR+yogurt%29">milk AND (ghee OR yogurt)</a></p>
<h2>Boosting:</h2>
<p>The search engine provides the relevance level of matching documents based on the terms found. To boost a term use the caret, "^", symbol with a boost factor (a number) at the end of the term you are searching. The higher the boost factor, the more relevant the term will be.</p>
<p>Boosting allows you to control the relevance of a document by boosting its term. For example, if you are searching for</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=lakshmi+chest">lakshmi chest</a></p>
<p>and you want the term "lakshmi" to be more relevant boost it using the ^ symbol along with the boost factor next to the term. You would type:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=lakshmi%5E10+chest">lakshmi^10 chest</a></p>
<p>This will make documents with the term lakshmi appear more relevant. You can also boost Phrase Terms as in the example:</p>
<p><a href="/search?query=%22lakshmi+seated%22%5E4+chest">"lakshmi seated"^4 chest</a></p>
<p>By default, the boost factor is 1. Although the boost factor must be positive, it can be less than 1 (e.g. 0.2)</p>
<h2>Faceted search:</h2>
<p>On top of all these types of searches, you can apply relevant filters (e.g. record type, hierarchy, author, ...) for currently shown search results.</p>


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