Camacokti, Camācōkti: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Camācōkti (சமாசோக்தி) noun < samāsōkti.

1. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech. See ஒட்டணி. [ottani.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 51, உரை. [urai.])

2. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which the description of an object in question suggests something else owing to similarity in action or attributes; அடைமொழி ஒப்புமையாற்றல்களால் அல்பொருட்செய்தி தோன்றப் புகழ்பொருட் செய்தியைச் சொல்லும் அணி. [adaimozhi oppumaiyarralkalal alporudseythi thonrap pugazhporud seythiyais sollum ani.] (அணியிலக்கணம் [aniyilakkanam] 23.)

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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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