Calliyan, Calliyaṉ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCalliyaṉ (சல்லியன்) noun < Śalya. A king of the Madra country, maternal uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva; நகுலசகதேவர்களுடைய மாமனாகிய மத்திரதேசத்தரசன். இவன் சல்லியனென்றுரை சான்ற . . . ஏறனையான் [nagulasagathevarkaludaiya mamanagiya mathirathesatharasan. ivan salliyanenrurai sanra . . . eranaiyan] (மகாபாரதம் திரௌபதிமா. [magaparatham thiraupathima.] 45).
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Calliyaṉ (சல்லியன்) noun cf. kāvya. The planet Śukra; சுக்கிரன். குரவனாகிக் குறுகிய சல் லியன் [sukkiran. kuravanagik kurugiya sal liyan] (கந்தபு. கயமுகனு. [kanthapu. kayamuganu.] 52).
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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