Mantanam, Mantaṇam, Mantaṉam, Mantāṉam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMantaṇam (மந்தணம்) noun < mantraṇa.
1. See மந்திரம்¹ [manthiram¹],
1. மந்தணமுற்றுழீஇ [manthanamurruzhii] (கம்பராமாயணம் விபீடண. [kambaramayanam vipidana.] 36).
2. Secret; இரகசியம். மந்தண மிருந்துபுரி மாமடிதன் வேள்வி [iragasiyam. manthana mirunthupuri mamadithan velvi] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 324, 7).
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Mantaṉam (மந்தனம்) < maṇḍana. Cloth thrown over the forehead of an elephant; யானையின் முகபடாம். [yanaiyin mugapadam.] (W.)
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Mantaṉam (மந்தனம்) noun See மந்தணம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [manthanam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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Mantāṉam (மந்தானம்) noun < manthāna. Churning stick; மத்து. [mathu.] (W.)
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: Mamtanambade, Mamtanamir.
Ends with: Nallamantanam.
Full-text: Ajapala Nigrodha.
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