Cataiyan, Caṭaiyaṉ: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Caṭaiyaṉ (சடையன்) noun < idem.

1. Śiva; சிவன். (உரிச்சொல்நிகண்டு) [sivan. (uricholnigandu)]

2. A canonized Śaiva saint. See சடையநாயனார். என்னவனா மரனடியே யடைந் திட்ட சடையன் [sadaiyanayanar. ennavana maranadiye yadain thitta sadaiyan] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 738, 11).

3. A Vēḷāḷa chief of Veṇṇeynallūr, patron of Kampaṉ; வெண்ணெய்நல்லூரில் வாழ்ந்தவரும் கம்பனை ஆதரித்த வருமாகிய வேளாளப்பிரபு. வறுமை நோய்க்கு மருந் தன சடையன் [venneynalluril vazhnthavarum kambanai atharitha varumagiya velalappirapu. varumai noykku marun thana sadaiyan] (கம்பராமாயணம் வேள்வி. [kambaramayanam velvi.] 1).

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