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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.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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