Antati, Antāti: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Antāti (அந்தாதி) noun < anta + ādi.

1. A metrical sequence. See அந்தாதித் தொடை. [anthathith thodai.] (யாப்பருங்கலக் காரிகை, உறுப். [yapparungalag karigai, urup.] 17.)

2. Poem in which the last letter, syllable or foot of the last line of one stanza is identical with the first letter, syllable or foot of the succeeding stanza, the sequence being kept on between the last and the first stanza of the poem as well; ஒரு பிரபந்தம். அந்தாதிமேலிட் டறி வித்தேன் [oru pirapantham. anthathimelid dari vithen] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். நான். [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar. nan.] 1).

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Antāti (அந்தாதி) [antātittal] 11 intransitive verb < idem. To follow the rules of antāti; அந்தாதியாக வருதல். அடிமடக்கா யந்தாதித்து [anthathiyaga varuthal. adimadakka yanthathithu] (மாறனலங்காரம் [maranalangaram] 267, உரை [urai]).

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Antāti (அந்தாதி) noun < anta + ādi.

1. Beginning and end; முதலும் முடிவும். [muthalum mudivum.]

2. The limbs from head to foot; தலைமுதல் பாதம்வரை யுள்ள உறுப்பு. உருக்கோதை மேனிக்கந்தாதியைத் தீட்டில் [thalaimuthal pathamvarai yulla uruppu. urukkothai menikkanthathiyaith thittil] (குலோத்துங்க சோழன் [kulothunga sozhan] 131).

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