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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kuṇṭalakēci (குண்டலகேசி) [kuṇṭala-kēci] noun < idem. +.

1. A Buddhistic nun who stablised Buddhism by vanquishing the representatives of other religions in disputation; பிறமதத்தவரை வாதில் வென்று தன் மதத்தை நிலைநாட்டிய ஒரு பவுத்தப்பெண் துறவி. (நீலகேசி.) [piramathathavarai vathil venru than mathathai nilainattiya oru pavuthappen thuravi. (nilagesi.)]

2. An epic poem by Nāta-kuttaṉār describing the life and work of Kuṇṭala-kēci, one of pañca-kāviyam, q. v.; பஞ்சகாவியத்துள் ஒன்றானதும் நாதகுத்தனார் இயற்றிய தும் குண்டலகேசியின் சரிதமுணர்த்துவதுமான நூல். (யாப்பருங்கலம் விருத்தி) [panchagaviyathul onranathum nathaguthanar iyarriya thum kundalagesiyin sarithamunarthuvathumana nul. (yapparungalam viruthi)]

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