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Cavatam means something in Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Cavatam (சவதம்) noun < சவு-. [savu-.] Lowness of market price, cheapness, opposed to piriyam; விலைமலிவு. [vilaimalivu.]
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Cavatam (சவதம்) noun < śapatha. Oath, pledge. See சபதம். [sapatham.] Colloq.
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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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 242 < [Volume 6 (1909)]
Gommatsara by Acharya Nemichandra (by Bai Bahadur J. L. Jaini)
Chapter 13 - The concept of Samyama-margana (Control-soul-quest) < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
Abhijnana Sakuntalam (with translation and notes) (by Bidhubhusan Goswami)
Chapter 3: Translation and notes < [Abhijnana Sakuntalam, text and notes]
Abhijnana Shakuntalam (Sanskrit and English) (by Saradaranjan Ray)
Chapter 3 - Tritiya-anka (tritiyo'nkah) < [Abhijnana Shakuntalam (text, translation, notes)]