Kirakam, Kirākam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKirakam (கிரகம்) noun < graha.
1. Planets, of which there are nine in the Hindu system, viz., ஞாயிறு, திங்கள், செவ்வாய், புதன், வியாழன், வெள்ளி, சனி, இராகு, கேது; கோள்கள். [gnayiru, thingal, sevvay, puthan, viyazhan, velli, sani, iraguvamisam, kethu; kolkal.]
2. (Music) The element of time-measure which specifies the starting beat of a song, of four kinds, viz., அதீ தம், அநாகதம், சமம், விஷமம் [athi tham, anagatham, samam, vishamam], one of ten tāḷa-p-pirāṇam, q.v.; கீர்த்தனத்தின் ஆரம்பகாலத்தை யுணர்த்துவதாகிய தாளப்பிராணத்தொன்று. [kirthanathin arambagalathai yunarthuvathagiya thalappiranathonru.] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் தாள. [magaparatham thala.] 42.)
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Kirakam (கிரகம்) noun < gṛha. House, habitation. See கிருகம். [kirugam.]
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Kirākam (கிராகம்) noun < grāha. Tortoise; ஆமை. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [amai. (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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Starts with: Kirakamalikai, Kirakamantalam.
Ends with (+23): Akkirakam, Alikkirakam, Ankirakam, Avakkirakam, Cakkirakam, Cakunikirakam, Cankirakam, Cantivikkirakam, Canukkirakam, Cayakkirakam, Cukkirakam, Cupakkirakam, Intiriyanikkirakam, Kanakkirakam, Karakirakam, Kulirkirakam, Malakkirakam, Mattiyamacankirakam, Miruttukirakam, Mulavikkirakam.
Full-text (+45): Yantirakirakam, Nicakkirakam, Panikkirakam, Tarakkirakam, Miruttukirakam, Kanakkirakam, Malakkirakam, Uccakkirakam, Cayakkirakam, Papakkirakam, Upakkirakam, Ankirakam, Iracinatan, Tirekkanatipan, Natpukkirakam, Karakirakam, Kanunkol, Konmin, Penkirakam, Purvastam.
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