Icainaniyar, Icaiñāṉiyār, Icai-naniyar: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconIcaiñāṉiyār (இசைஞானியார்) [icai-ñāṉiyār] noun < idem. +. A canonized Śaiva saint who was the mother of Cuntara-mūrtti-nāyaṉār, one of 63 nāyaṉmār; அறுபத்துமூவர் நாயன்மாருள் ஒருவர். (பெரியபுராணம்) [arupathumuvar nayanmarul oruvar. (periyapuranam)]
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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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
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