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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCaruppatōpattiram (சருப்பதோபத்திரம்) noun < sarvatōbhadra.
1. A fancy verse of 32 letters which, when entered twice in a square of 64 compartments, will read identically from any corner of the square; சதுரமொன்றில் [sathuramonril] 64 அறைகள் அமைத்து அவற்றில் [araigal amaithu avarril] 32 எழுத்துள்ள செய்யுளை இரு முறை எழுதிச் சதுரத்தின் எந்தமுகத்தினின்று தொடங்கி னும் அது படிக்கவரும்படி அமைக்கப்படும் மிறைக்கவி. [ezhuthulla seyyulai iru murai ezhuthis sathurathin enthamugathininru thodangi num athu padikkavarumbadi amaikkappadum miraikkavi.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 95, உரை. [urai.])
2. See சர்வதோபத்திரம் [sarvathopathiram],
2. போர்யூகஞ் சருப்பதோபத்திரமாக வணிசெய்து [poryugagn saruppathopathiramaga vaniseythu] (மகாபாரதம் ஒன்பதாம். [magaparatham onpatham.] 10).
3. Figure drawn with powders of varied colours on the floor of a sacrificial ground; பலநிறப்பொடிகளைக்கொண்டு ஓமகுண்டத்திற்கு முன்பாக இடும் கோலம். நுண்பொடிக டொக்க பன்னிறச் சருப்பதோபத்திரந் துணையும் [palanirappodigalaikkondu omagundathirku munpaga idum kolam. nunpodiga dokka panniras saruppathopathiran thunaiyum] (காஞ்சிப்புராணம் திருக்கண். [kanchippuranam thirukkan.] 24).
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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