Kakataliyam, Kākatālīyam, Kaka-taliyam, Kākatāliyam, Kākatāḷīyam: 2 definitions

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Kakataliyam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kakataliyam in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kākatālīyam (काकतालीयम्):—[=kāka-tālīyam] [from kāka-tālīya > kāka] ind. unexpectedly, suddenly, [Mahābhārata xii, 6596]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kakataliyam in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kākatāliyam (காகதாலியம்) [kāka-tāliyam] noun < kāka-tālīya. See காகதாலீயம். விளங்கிலிரோ . . . காகதா லியமென்பதுவே [kagathaliyam. vilangiliro . . . kagatha liyamenpathuve] (வெங்கைக்கோ. [vengaikko.] 10).

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Kākatālīyam (காகதாலீயம்) [kāka-tālīyam] noun < idem. Illustration of the settling of the crow on the palm-tree followed by the fall of palm-fruit as an instance of post hoc ergo propter hoc; காகம் பனையில்வந்துதங்கப் பனம்பழமலையந்தாதி்வீழ்ந்ததுபோலத் தற் செயல்குறிக்கும்நெறி. காகதாலீயம்போல் வாதனையின் வசத்திலுளங்கலந்து நிற்குமேகமுற [kagam panaiyilvanthuthangap panambazhamvizhnthathupolath thar seyalkurikkumneri. kagathaliyambol vathanaiyin vasathilulangalanthu nirkumegamura] (ஞானவாசிட்டம் உற்ப. [gnanavasittam urpa.] 66).

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Kākatāḷīyam (காகதாளீயம்) [kāka-tāḷīyam] noun See காகதாலீயம். [kagathaliyam.]

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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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