El-ankataici, Ēḻāṅkaṭaici, Elankataici, El-an-kataici, Elan-kataici: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Ēḻāṅkaṭaici (ஏழாங்கடைசி) [ēḻ-āṅ-kaṭaici] noun < ஏழ் [ezh] + ஆம் [am] +. Harvest festival, regarded as the last of the seven processes of cultivation, the master going in procession with torches and drums to his house, followed by the labourers, where they prostrate themselves before him and receive each a marakkāl of paddy, together with sandal paste, betel and areca-nut; அறு வடைக்காலத்தின்முடிவிலேசெய்யுங் கொண்டாட்டம். [aru vadaikkalathinmudivileseyyung kondattam.] Local usage

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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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