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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKāpālikam (காபாலிகம்) noun < kāpālika. See காபாலம். இவ்விரதங் காபாலிகமென்பது [kapalam. ivvirathang kapaligamenpathu] (பிரபோதசந்திரோதயம் [pirapothasandirothayam] 18, 25).
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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