Cankattar, Caṅkattār: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCaṅkattār (சங்கத்தார்) noun < idem.
1. Members of an assembly, academy, a society, council or committee; சபையோர். [sapaiyor.]
2. Buddhist and Jain fraternity of monks; பௌத்த சைன சங்த்தார். [pautha saina sangthar.] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 4, உரை; சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [urai; silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 30, 32, அரும். [arum.])
3. The learned body of poets in Madura, in ancient times; மதுரைச் சங்கப்புலவர். சங்கத்தா ரெல்லாம் [mathurais sangappulavar. sangatha rellam] (திருவிளையாடற் புராணம் தருமிக்கு. [thiruvilaiyadar puranam tharumikku.] 82).
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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