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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMucalakaṉ (முசலகன்) noun < முசல். [musal.]
1. A Bhūta. See முயலகன். கனமாகச் செய்த முசலகன் ஒன்று [muyalagan. kanamagas seytha musalagan onru] (S. I. I. ii, 135, 30).
2. A disease; ஒருநோய். அகங்காரமாகிய முசலகனேறி [orunoy. agangaramagiya musalaganeri] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருமாலை [nalayira thivyappirapandam thirumalai], 43, வ்யா. [vya.] 140).
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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