Cuvarkkavacal, Cuvarkkavācal, Cuvarkka-vacal: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cuvarkkavācal (சுவர்க்கவாசல்) [cuvarkka-vācal] noun < சுவர்க்கம்¹ [suvarkkam¹] +. A gate in Viṣṇu temples believed to represent the entrance to heaven and opened annually for ten days from the 11th day of the bright half of Mārkaḻi to let the idol and devotees pass through; விஷ்ணுகோயில்களில் மார்கழிமாதத்துச் சுக்கில ஏகாதசிமுதல் பத்துநாள் வரை சுவாமி எழுந்தருளுதற்கு உரியதும், வைகுண்ட வாயில்போலக் கருதிப் பலரும் செல்வதற்கு உரியதும் மற்றக்காலங்களில் திறக்கப்படாததுமான தனிவாயில். [vishnugoyilkalil markazhimathathus sukkila egathasimuthal pathunal varai suvami ezhuntharulutharku uriyathum, vaigunda vayilpolag karuthip palarum selvatharku uriyathum marrakkalangalil thirakkappadathathumana thanivayil.]

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