Cankamanti, Caṅkamāṇṭi, Caṅkamanti, Caṅkamantī: 3 definitions

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Cankamanti means something in Buddhism, Pali, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Tamil dictionary

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

Caṅkamāṇṭi (சங்கமாண்டி) noun < சங்கமம்¹ [sangamam¹] + ஆண்டி. [andi.]

1. A sect of Lingayats; இலிங்கங்கட்டி களுள் ஒருவகையார். [ilingangatti kalul oruvagaiyar.] Tinnevelly usage

2. A sub-sect of Āṇṭi caste; பிச்சையெடுக்கும் சாதியாருள் ஒருவகையார். [pichaiyedukkum sathiyarul oruvagaiyar.] Local usage

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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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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cankamanti in Pali glossary

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

1) caṅkamanti—

(Burmese text): စြင်္ကံသွားကုန်၏၊ လူးလာတုံ့ခေါက်လမ်းလျှောက်ကုန်၏။ စင်္ကမတိ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): The fortune has been lost; the path of confusion has come to an end. Look, you can see the truth.

2) caṅkamantī—

(Burmese text): စြင်္ကံသွားသော မိန်းမ၊ လူးလာတုံ့ခေါက် လမ်းလျှောက်သော မိန်းမ။ စင်္ကမန္တ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): The woman who goes with a charm, the woman who walks with a graceful step. Look at the magic!

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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