Cakkarankanam, Cakkarāṅkaṉam: 1 definition

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

Cakkarāṅkaṉam (சக்கராங்கனம்) noun < idem. + aṅkana. Branding with caṅku and cakkaram of Viṣṇu made by preceptor on the shoulders of a person at the time of his initiation into Vaiṣṇavism; வைஷ்ணவத்தைப் பெறுதற்கு அடையாளமாக ஒருவரது தோள்மீது ஞானாசாரியர் சங்கு சக்கர முத்திரைகளைப் பொறிக்கை. [vaishnavathaip perutharku adaiyalamaga oruvarathu tholmithu gnanasariyar sangu sakkara muthiraigalaip porikkai.]

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