Kalantakan, Kālāntakaṉ: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kālāntakaṉ (காலாந்தகன்) noun < idem. + antaka.

1. Śiva, as the slayer of Yama; சிவன். காலாந்தகனும் வெருவுந் திறற் காளை [sivan. kalanthaganum veruvun thirar kalai] (மகாபாரதம் அருச்சுனன்றீர். [magaparatham aruchunanrir.] 81).

2. Atrociously wicked person; a terror among men; மிக்க கொடியவன். [mikka kodiyavan.] Colloq.

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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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