Palm leaf manuscripts

[Palaniappa]

Many thanks to Dr. Jayabarathy.
In a message dated 98-03-15 06:16:45 EST, barathi at pc.jaring.my writes:

<<                 Rarely was the word used to mean the stylus.
         "ANi" or "elzuththANi" was the most commonly used word.
 >>
I guess it is this rare usage Tamil Lexicon must be referring to when it gives
the meaning "arrow, style" for "nArAyam". I heard that in Malayalam "nArAyam"
means writing stylus. Is it right? Thanks in advance.

Regards
S. Palaniappan