Cavam, Cāvam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconCavam (சவம்) noun < śava. (பிங்கலகண்டு [pingalagandu])
1. Corpse, carcass; பிரேதம். [piretham.]
2. Devil, vampire; பிசாசம். [pisasam.]
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Cavam (சவம்) noun < java. Speed, velocity; விரைவு. (சதுராகராதி) [viraivu. (sathuragarathi)]
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Cavam (சவம்) noun probably from yava-phala. Bamboo; மூங்கில். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [mungil. (pingalagandu)]
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Cāvam (சாவம்) noun < cāpa. Bow; வில். சாவந் தாங்கிய சாந்துபுலர் திணிதோள் [vil. savan thangiya santhupular thinithol] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 98).
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Cāvam (சாவம்) noun < Pkt. śāva. Curse; சாபம். சாவ முண்டென தாருயிர் தந்ததால் [sapam. sava mundena tharuyir thanthathal] (கம்பராமாயணம் சூளாமணி [kambaramayanam sulamani] 21).
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Cāvam (சாவம்) noun < சா-. [sa-.] Pollution due to death of a relative; சாதீட்டு. அதனால்வருஞ் சாவம் சூதகத்தோடு அழியும். ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி). [sathittu. athanalvarugn savam suthagathodu azhiyum. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi).]
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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Starts with: Cava-muvaperatu, Cavamana, Cavamaruntu, Cavamga, Cavamuli.
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