Caurashtirar, Caurāṣṭirar: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Caurāṣṭirar (சௌராஷ்டிரர்) noun < idem. A class of Silk-weavers, immigrants from Gujarat into the Tamil country in the days of the early Nayak kings, speaking a corrupt dialect of Gujarati; தென்னாட்டுநாயக்கர்களினாட்சி யில் கூர்ஜரதேசத்திலிருந்து தமிழ்நாட்டிற் புகுந்தவரும் குஜராத்திக்குச் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட ஒருவகைப்பாஷையைப் பேசுபவருமான பட்டுநூற்காரச் சாதியார். [thennattunayakkarkalinadsi yil kurjarathesathilirunthu thamizhnattir pugunthavarum kujarathikkus sambanthappatta oruvagaippashaiyaip pesupavarumana pattunurkaras sathiyar.] (E. T.)

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