Katikaiyar, Kaṭikaiyar, Kaṭikaiyār: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaṭikaiyar (கடிகையர்) noun < idem. See கடிகையார் [kadigaiyar], 1. கடிகையர் கவிதையோதை [kadigaiyar kavithaiyothai] (கம்பராமாயணம் எழுச்சி. [kambaramayanam ezhuchi.] 79).
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Kaṭikaiyār (கடிகையார்) noun < idem.
1. Court bards who, in ancient times, functioned as tellers of time in the Royal Court, their duty being to sing in verse for the information of the king, there and then, the exact time of the day; அரசனுக்குச் சென்றநாழிகைக்குக் கவிசொல் வோர். [arasanukkus senranazhigaikkug kavisol vor.] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 5, 49, உரை [urai]).
2. Servants attached to palaces in ancient times whose duty it was to announce, by beat of drum, the king’s commands to the public; பறைமூலம் அரசனாணையை அறிவிப்போர். திருக்கொடியேற்றுநான்று திருப்பறை யறைவு கேட்பிக்குங் கடிகையார் ஐவர்க்கு [paraimulam arasananaiyai arivippor. thirukkodiyerrunanru thirupparai yaraivu kedpikkung kadigaiyar aivarkku] (S.I.I. ii, 125).
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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