Irappati, Irāppāṭi, Ira-pati: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Irāppāṭi (இராப்பாடி) [irā-pāṭi] noun < idem. + பாடு-. [padu-.] Member of a low sect of the Washerman caste called putara-vaṇṇāṉ, who comes in the small hours of the night to beg alms by singing from door to door, and goes away before sunrise; புதரவண்ணான். [putharavannan.] 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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