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Mayakkam (மயக்கம்) noun < மயங்கு-. [mayangu-.]
1. Mental delusion; stupor, bewilderment; aberration of mind, as from ignorance, fascination, etc.; அறிவின் திரிபு. [arivin thiripu.]
2. Spiritual ignorance; அவித்தை. காமம்வெகுளி மயக்க மிவை மூன்ற னாமங் கெட [avithai. kamamveguli mayakka mivai munra namang keda] (திருக்குறள் [thirukkural], 360).
3. Mistaken knowledge, misunderstanding; பிழைபடவுணர்கை. [pizhaipadavunarkai.]
4. Pining due to separation from one’s beloved; விரக நோய். (அரு. நி.) [viraga noy. (aru. ni.)]
5. Giddiness; unconsciousness; coma; மூர்ச்சை. [murchai.] Colloq.
6. Confusion in nature, as in the blending of sexes among animals or vegetables; சிருட்டியில் அலித்தன்மை முத லிய கலப்பு. [siruttiyil alithanmai mutha liya kalappu.] (W.)
7. Mixture; கலப்பு. வடசொன் மயக்கமும் வருவன புணர்த்தி [kalappu. vadason mayakkamum varuvana punarthi] (கல்லாடம் [kalladam] 62, 18).
8. (Grammar) Combination of letters, coalescence; எழுத்துப் புணர்ச்சி. உடனிலைமயக்கம். [ezhuthup punarchi. udanilaimayakkam.]
9. A funeral rite; மரணச்சடங்கினு ளொன்று. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [maranachadanginu lonru. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
10. Laziness; சோம்பேறித்தனம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [somberithanam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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Mayakkam (மயக்கம்) noun < மயங்கு-. [mayangu-.] Sexual union; கூடல். [kudal.] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 1, 9, 6.)
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: Mayakkaminmai.
Full-text (+89): Corrumayakkam, Eni-micaimayakkam, Talaimayakkam, Pirapancamayakkam, Matimayakkam, Mayakkaminmai, Teyvamayakkam, Kalamayakkam, Verrumaimayakkam, Orumai-panmaimayakkam, Puttimayakkam, Pittamayakkam, Penmayakkam, Panmayakkam, Mey-nilaimayakkam, Tinaimayakkam, Utanilai-meymayakkam, Enimayakkam, Marapumayakkam, Porunmayakkam.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 423 < [Tamil-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
Page 448 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Page 732 < [Malayalam-English-Kannada (1 volume)]
Tirumantiram by Tirumular (English translation)
Verse 2436: Experiences in Liberation < [Tantra Eight (ettam tantiram) (verses 2122-2648)]
Verse 329: Followers Of False Religion Neither Seek Nor See Him < [Tantra One (mutal tantiram) (verses 113-336)]
Verse 2956: Maya Creates No Illusions There < [Tantra Nine (onpatam tantiram) (verses 2649-3047)]
An eighteenth century Tamil text on ‘Christian morals’ from Tranquebar < [Volume 37 (1976)]
108 Tirupathi Anthathi (English translation) (by Sri Varadachari Sadagopan)
Verse 60: Thiruvanparisaram (Divya Desam)
Verse 4: Tiruvanbil (or Thiru Anbil Divya Desam)
The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Chapter 3 - The final goal < [Volume 4.2.3 - Philosophy of God]
Chapter 1 - The Tondar or Tontar (devotees) and their religion < [Volume 4.1.2 - The conception of Paramanaiye Paduvar]
South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
Chapter 1 - Mad Śiva and his Tamil devotees in Tēvāram [trl] < [Section 1 - Studies in Devotional, Contemporary, Classical and Folk Literatures]