Cankappalakai, Caṅkappalakai, Canka-palakai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCaṅkappalakai (சங்கப்பலகை) [caṅka-palakai] noun < சங்கம் [sangam] +. Miraculous seat capable of accommodating only deserving scholars, believed to have been granted by Śiva at Madura to the Sangam poets; தகுதியுள்ள புலவர்க்குமட்டும் இடங் கொடுக்கக் கூடியதாய்ச் சிவபிரானாற் சங்கத்தார்க்கு அருளப்பெற்ற ஒரு தெய்வப்பலகை. சங்கப்பலகையாந் தொட்டிலேற்றி [thaguthiyulla pulavarkkumattum idang kodukkag kudiyathays sivapiranar sangatharkku arulapperra oru theyvappalagai. sangappalagaiyan thottilerri] (சீகாளத்தி புராணம் பாயி. [sigalathi puranam payi.] 15).
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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