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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCōmaṉ (சோமன்) noun < sōma.
1. Moon; சந்திரன். சோமன்கலை [santhiran. somankalai] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 15, 11).
2. See சோமசுந்தரன். கந்தவனச் சோமன் [somasuntharan. kanthavanas soman] (திருவாலவாயுடையார் திருவிளையாடற் [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 27, 32).
3. Kubera; குபேரன். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [kuperan. (sudamaninigandu)]
4. A chief noted for his bounty; ஒரு வள்ளல். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [oru vallal. (sudamaninigandu)]
5. A Vasu, one of aṣṭa-vacukkaḷ, q. v.; அஷ்ட வசுக்களுள் ஒருவன். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [ashda vasukkalul oruvan. (pingalagandu)]
6. Camphor; கர்ப்பூ ரம். [karppu ram.] (W.)
7. Soap; சவுக்காரம். [savukkaram.] (W.)
8. A prepared arsenic; நீலபாஷாணம். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [nilapashanam. (vaithiya muligai)]
9. See சோமமணல். (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [somamanal. (vaithiya muligai)]
10. Man's cloth; வஸ் திரம். சோமனுத்தரிகமும் [vas thiram. somanutharigamum] (பிரபோதசந்திரோதயம் [pirapothasandirothayam] 10, 13).
11. Cloth worn above vēṭṭi and below tuppaṭṭi; வேட்டிக்குமேலும் துப்பட்டிக்குக் கீழுமாக உடுத்தும் ஆடை. [vettikkumelum thuppattikkug kizhumaga uduthum adai.] (J.)
12. Decorative cloth worn during festive occasions; பரவர் அணியும் அலங்கார ஆடை. [paravar aniyum alangara adai.] Parav.
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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Starts with: Comana, Comanayakakkoti, Comanayakam, Comancoti, Comancotu, Comandra livida, Comandra pallida, Comandra umbellata, Comankalam, Comanthosphace japonica, Comanthosphace ningpoensis, Comanthosphace stellipila, Comanuppu.
Ends with: Kampiccoman, Pillaiccoman.
Full-text: Soman, Pillaiccoman, Comancotu, Comatari, Kampiccoman, Comancoti, Ashtavacukkal, Comanuppu.
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