Kantaruvam, Kāntaruvam: 1 definition
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Kantaruvam (கந்தருவம்) noun < gandharva.
1. The Gandharvas; கந்தருவசாதி. கந்தருவ மற்றுள்ள பிற பயந்தாள் [kantharuvasathi. kantharuva marrulla pira payanthal] (கம்பராமாயணம் சடாயுகாண். [kambaramayanam sadayugan.] 26).
2. Horse; குதிரை. (திவா.) [kuthirai. (thiva.)]
3. The fifth of the 15 divisions of the night; இரவு பதினைந்து முகூர்த்தங்களுள் ஐந்தாவது. [iravu pathinainthu mugurthangalul ainthavathu.] (விதானமாலை குணாகுண. [vithanamalai kunaguna.] 73, உரை. [urai.])
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Kantaruvam (கந்தருவம்) noun < gāndharva.
1. Music, harmony, song; இசை. சாமவேதகந்தரு வம் விரும்புமே [isai. samavethagantharu vam virumbume] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 964, 1).
2. See கந்தருவமணம். [kantharuvamanam.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 92, உரை. [urai.])
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Kāntaruvam (காந்தருவம்) noun < gāndharva.
1. A form of marriage which results entirely from love and which has no ritual whatever, as common among Gandharvas; காதலர் தம்முள் மனமொத்துக்கூடுங் கூட்டம். [kathalar thammul manamothukkudung kuttam.] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 92, உரை. [urai.])
2. Music; இசைப்பாட்டு. (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு) [isaippattu. (sudamaninigandu)]
3. Science of music, musical composition; காந் தருவவேதம். வில்வேதமமல் காந்தருவவேதம் [kan tharuvavetham. vilvethamamal kantharuvavetham] (காஞ்சிப்புராணம் சனற். [kanchippuranam sanar.] 41).
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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