Alakantan, Ālakaṇṭaṉ, Ala-kantan: 1 definition
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Ālakaṇṭaṉ (ஆலகண்டன்) [āla-kaṇṭaṉ] noun < āla + kaṇṭha. Śiva, with poison in his throat; சிவன். (அகராதி நிகண்டு) [sivan. (agarathi nigandu)]
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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