Kalapam, Kalāpam, Kaḷapam, Kāḷapam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKalapam (கலபம்) noun < kalāpa. Peacock's tail-covert; மயிற்றோகை. மாக்கவின் மிகுங் சுலப மஞ் ஞை [mayirrogai. makkavin migung sulapa magn gnai] (திருவாதவூரடிகள் புராணம் திருப்பெருந். [thiruvathavuradigal puranam thirupperun.] 13).
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Kalāpam (கலாபம்) noun < kalāpa.
1. Women's zone of beads or bells consisting of 16 strands; பதினாறுகோவையுள்ள மாதரிடையணி. கலாபம் வீக்கி [pathinarugovaiyulla matharidaiyani. kalapam vikki] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 624).
2. Jewelled girdle of a woman; மேகலை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [megalai. (pingalagandu)]
3. Peacock's tail; மயிற்றோகை. மணிவயிற் கலாபம் [mayirrogai. manivayir kalapam] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 15).
4. Umbrella made of peacock’s feathers; பீலிக் குடை. (திவா.) [pilig kudai. (thiva.)]
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Kalāpam (கலாபம்) noun probably from galba. Rising, distrubance, uproar, raid, invasion; கலகம். ஐதர் கலாபம். [kalagam. aithar kalapam.]
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Kaḷapam (களபம்) noun perhaps from கல-. [kala-.]
1. Mixture; கலவை. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [kalavai. (sudamaninigandu)]
2. cf. களகம்³. [kalagam³.] Mortar, cement; சுண்ணச்சாந்து. நுண்களபத் தொளிபாய [sunnachanthu. nunkalapath tholipaya] (திருக்கோவையார் [thirukkovaiyar] 15).
3. Perfumery; கலவைச்சாந்து. புலிவிரா யெறிந்திடக் களபம் போக்குவார் [kalavaichanthu. pulivira yerinthidag kalapam pokkuvar] (இரகுவமிசம் இரகுவுற். [iraguvamisam iraguvur.] 26).
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Kaḷapam (களபம்) noun < kalabha.
1. Young elephant; யானைக்கன்று. மதகரிக் களபமும் [yanaikkanru. mathagarig kalapamum] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 25, 49).
2. Elephant; யானை. (திவா.) [yanai. (thiva.)]
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Kāḷapam (காளபம்) noun cf. கலாபம்². [kalapam².] Battle, fight, warfare; போர். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [por. (sudamaninigandu)]
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Kalāpam (கலாபம்) noun < kalāpa. (நாநார்த்த. [nagarthathipigai])
1. Collection; cluster; தொகுதி. [thoguthi.]
2. Quiver; அம்புக்கூடு. [ambukkudu.]
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Kaḷapam (களபம்) noun Glass; கண்ணாடி. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [kannadi. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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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