Cimantam, Cīmantam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cīmantam (சீமந்தம்) noun < sīmanta. Purificatory ceremony of parting the hair, performed in the sixth or eighth month of the first pregnancy of a woman; முதற்கர்ப்பத்தில் ஆறு அல்லது எட்டாம் மாதத்தில் கருக்கொண்ட பத்தினிக்குச் செய்யப்படுஞ் சடங்கு. ஆறாமதியி லுயர்சீமந்தம் [mutharkarppathil aru allathu ettam mathathil karukkonda pathinikkus seyyappadugn sadangu. aramathiyi luyarsimantham] (காசிகண்டம் பிரமச. [kasigandam piramasa.] 3).

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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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