Ankatan, Aṅkataṉ, Aṇkaṭaṉ: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Ankatan in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Aṅkataṉ (அங்கதன்) noun < Aṅgada. Name of the son of Vāli; வாலியின் மகன். [valiyin magan.] (கம்பராமாயணம் அங்கதன்றூ. [kambaramayanam angathanru.] 9.)

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Aṇkaṭaṉ (அண்கடன்) [āṇkaṭaṉ] [aṇ-kaṭaṉ] noun < ஆண் [an] +. Man's duty, responsibility; ஆண்மக்கள் கடமை. ஆற் றாதார்க் கீவதா மாண்கடன் [anmakkal kadamai. ar rathark kivatha mankadan] (நாலடியார் [naladiyar] 98).

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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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