Halahalam, Haḷahaḷam, Hālāhalam: 1 definition
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Haḷahaḷam (ஹளஹளம்) noun A kind of ruby; மாணிக்கவகை. [manikkavagai.] (S. I. I. ii, 78, 2.)
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Hālāhalam (ஹாலாஹலம்) noun < hālāhala.
1. The deadly poison that was produced during the churning of the ocean. See ஆலகாலம்¹. [alagalam¹.]
2. Deadly poison; மிகக்கொடிய விஷம். [migakkodiya visham.]
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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