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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Capakkam (சபக்கம்) noun < sa-pakṣa. (Logic.) An instance in which the major term is found concomitant with the middle term, as kitchen when fire is the major term; நெருப்புண்மை துணியப்பட்ட அடுக்களைபோலத் துணியப்பட்ட பொருள் முன்பு வெளியான இடம். சபக்கத்துண்டாதலும் [neruppunmai thuniyappatta adukkalaipolath thuniyappatta porul munpu veliyana idam. sapakkathundathalum] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 29, 123).

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