Acuvattavivakam, Acuvattavivākam, Acuvatta-vivakam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Acuvattavivākam (அசுவத்தவிவாகம்) [acuvatta-vivākam] noun < aśvattha +. Rites of marriage performed with a pipal tree as bridegroom and a margosa as bride, the pipal having been planted by a sonless person with a view to begetting a son and having been reared by him as his first son; பிள்ளையில்லாதவன் பிள்ளைப்பேறடையும் பொருட்டு அரசமரத்தை நட்டு மகனாகக் கருதி வளர்த்துப் பின் அவ்வரசமரத்துக்கு வேம்பை மனைவி யாக்கிப் புரியும் கலியாணச்சடங்கு. [pillaiyillathavan pillaipperadaiyum poruttu arasamarathai nattu maganagak karuthi valarthup pin avvarasamarathukku vembai manaivi yakkip puriyum kaliyanachadangu.] Colloq.

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