Ashtamaccaniyan, Aṣṭamaccaṉiyaṉ, Ashtama-caniyan: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Aṣṭamaccaṉiyaṉ (அஷ்டமச்சனியன்) [aṣṭama-caṉiyaṉ] noun < aṣṭama +. (Astrology) Saturn in the eighth house from that of the cantira-lakkiṉam, in the Zodiac and in which its influence is deemed most malignant; சந்திரலக்கினத்துக்கு எட் டாமிடுத்து நிற்குஞ் சனி. [santhiralakkinathukku ed damiduthu nirkugn sani.] (திருவேங்கடசதகம் [thiruvengadasathagam] 40.)

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