Kuttuvan, Kuṭṭuvaṉ, Kuṭṭuvan, Kuttuvāṉ, Kūṭṭuvāṉ: 2 definitions
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Source: academia.edu: Minor Chiefs and "Hero" in Ancient TamilakamKuṭṭuvaṉ is a name related to the historical geography and rulers of ancient Tamil Nadu, occuring in Sangam literature such as the Akanāṉūṟu and the Puṟanāṉūṟu.—Notes: ‘Kuṭṭuvaṉ’ and ‘Kuṭanāṭu (“western country”, cf. Kēraḷaputra in Aśoka’s Edicts), 212 notes ‘pauvam nīṅka ōṭṭiya’ (cf. Patiṟṟuppattu 5 pauvam/kaṭal “ocean”), 270, 290 notes tolkuṭi “primeval family” and the port, Toṇṭi, 376 notes [Āṭṭaṉ]-Atti), cf. Ceṅkuṭṭuvaṉ, the Cēralātaṉ, the hero of the Cilppatikāram in the ‘Vañcikkāṇṭam’, he defeated the Ārya kings and brought a stone from the Himālayas to sculpt a statue for the Pattiṉik-kaṭavuḷ “Goddess of Chastity” (Rajarajan 2016: 52). “King of the western land”, kuṭa or kuṭakku “west”, Kuṭavaṉ, Kuṭavar is “they of the west” (VIS 246).
Note: The Patiṟṟuppattu talks of two Kuṭṭuvaṉs, Palyāṉiccelkeḻu-Kuṭṭuvaṉ (Poem 3) and Kaṭal-piṟakkōṭṭiya-Kuṭṭuvaṉ (Poem 5).
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKuṭṭuvaṉ (குட்டுவன்) noun < குட்டம்¹. [kuttam¹.]
1. Inhabitant of the kuṭṭam country; குட்டநாட்டிலுள் ளவன். பல்குட்டுவர் வெல்கோவே [kuttanattilul lavan. palkuttuvar velkove] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: மதுரைக்காஞ்சி [pathuppattu: mathuraikkanchi] 105).
2. Chēra king, as ruling over kuṭṭam; சேரன். எழுவுறழ்திணிதோ ளியறேர்க் குட்டுவன் [seran. ezhuvurazhthinitho liyarerk kuttuvan] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 49).
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Kuttuvāṉ (குத்துவான்) noun < idem. Needle, the word being used only at nights from a superstitious fear; பயங் காரணமாக ஊசிக்கு இரவில்வழங்கும் பெயர். [payang karanamaga usikku iravilvazhangum peyar.] Local usage
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Kūṭṭuvāṉ (கூட்டுவான்) noun < idem. [Malayalam: kūṭṭuvāṉ.] Local usage
1. Condiments; கறியிற் கூட்டப்படும் பதார்த்தகுண சிந்தாமணிமேகலை வகைகள். [kariyir kuttappadum patharthaguna sindamani vagaigal.]
2. Curry; கறி. [kari.]
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: Kuttuvani, Kuttuvanti.
Ends with: Cenkuttuvan.
Full-text: Kutanatu, Cenkuttuvan, Karikal-valavan, Patirruppattu.
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