Ammanai, Ammaṉai, Ammāṉai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconAmmaṉai (அம்மனை) noun < அம்மா. [amma.]
1. Mother; தாய். [thay.] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar] 14.)
2. Lady, mistress; தலைவி. நோற்றுச் சுவர்க்கம் புகுகின்ற அம்மனாய் [thalaivi. norrus suvarkkam pugukinra ammanay] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருப்பாவை [nalayira thivyappirapandam thiruppavai] 10).
3. [Telugu: ammanalu.] A girls' game with balls. See அம்மானை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [ammanai. (pingalagandu)]
4. Balls used in the game; அம்மனை யாடுங் கருவி. அம்மனை தங் கையிற் கொண்டு [ammanai yadung karuvi. ammanai thang kaiyir kondu] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 29, அம்மானைவரி [ammanaivari], 3).
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Ammaṉai (அம்மனை) noun < அம்² [am²] + அனை. [anai.] cf. kṛpīṭa-yōni. Fire; அக்கினி. அம்மனைக் கம்மனை வழங்கும் [akkini. ammanaig kammanai vazhangum] (மகாபாரதம் வாரணா. [magaparatham varana.] 125).
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Ammāṉai (அம்மானை) noun < அம்மா [amma] [K. ammāle, M. ammāna.]
1. Girls' game of keeping a number of balls in the air, some rising while others are falling; அம்மானையாட் டம். [ammanaiyad dam.] (இலக்கண விளக்கம் [ilakkana vilakkam] 807.)
2. Balls used in the game; அம்மானையாடுங்கருவி. அம்மானையாடியருளே [ammanaiyadungaruvi. ammanaiyadiyarule] (குமரகுருபரசுவாமிகள் மீனாட்சியம்மை பிள்ளைத் அம்மானை. [kumaraguruparasuvamigal minadsiyammai pillaith ammanai.] 1).
3. A class of poems, each verse of which has ammāṉāy as its refrain; ஒருவகைப்பாடல். [oruvagaippadal.] (திருவாசகம் [thiruvasagam] 8.)
4. See அம்மானைப்பருவம். [ammanaipparuvam.]
5. A member of kalampakam; கலம்பக உறுப்பு. [kalambaga uruppu.] (இலக்கண விளக்கம். [ilakkana vilakkam.] 812.)
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: Ammanaimatakku, Ammanaipparuvam, Ammanaippattu, Ammanaiyo.
Ends with: Tammanai.
Full-text: Ammanaippattu, Ammanar, Ammanaipparuvam, Pan-manimalai, Ammanaimatakku, Amman, Pen-par-pillaitamil.
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