Marakkarpu, Maṟakkaṟpu, Mara-karpu: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Maṟakkaṟpu (மறக்கற்பு) [maṟa-kaṟpu] noun < மறம்¹ [maram¹] +. Militant chastity, which impels a woman to do terrible deeds, opposed to aṟa-k-kaṟpu; பத்தினி தன் சீற்றத்தாற் கடுஞ்செயல தோற்றுவிக்குங் கற்பு. வீரபத்தினி மறக்கற்புடையாள் [pathini than sirrathar kaduncheyala thorruvikkung karpu. virapathini marakkarpudaiyal] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை பதிக. [silappathigaram arumbathavurai pathiga.] 42, உரை [urai]).

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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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