[Tel.] n. Parturition, child birth. Ceremonial uncleanness for ten days after the birth of a child, jatasacamu. purudupuccu to put away a woman’s uncleanness, vuritillu orvurutillu the house wherein a birth has happened, prasavagrhamu. nelavurudu the lesser degree of uncleanness, extending from the 10th to the 30th day. puriti purugu a reptile, imagined to injure new born children. ame puruduposinanu I got her through her confinement, I attended on her in her childbed. “puritijinkalu anaga vesi” S. i 176. padidinamulaina kani jinkapillalu. puritalu, purutalu orpurutiyalu purit-alu. n. A woman in childbed. balentaralu.