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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMāyātēvi (மாயாதேவி) [māyā-tēvi] noun < Māyā-devī.
1. The Goddess of Māyā; மாயையாகிய தேவி. [mayaiyagiya thevi.] (தக்கயாகப்பரணி [thakkayagapparani] 616, உரை. [urai.])
2. The mother of Gautama Buddha; கௌதமபுத்தரின் தாய். மாயா தேவி சுதன். (சூடாமணிநிகண்டு). [kauthamaputharin thay. maya thevi suthan. (sudamaninigandu).]
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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