Mukkuttu, Mukkūṭṭu, Mu-kuttu: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Mukkūṭṭu (முக்கூட்டு) [mu-kūṭṭu] noun < மூன்று [munru] + கூட்டு. [kuttu.]

1. A medicine compounded of three drugs; மூன்று சரக்குக்களாலாகிய மருந்து. கைபுனைந் தியற்றிய முக்கூட்டமிர்தும் [munru sarakkukkalalagiya marunthu. kaipunain thiyarriya mukkuttamirthum] (பெருங்கதை இலாவாண. [perungathai ilavana.] 4, 91).

2. Oven, as formed of three stones or lumps of earth placed triangularly; [மூன்றுகட்டி களைக் கூட்டியமைத்தது] அடுப்பு. [[munrugatti kalaig kuttiyamaithathu] aduppu.] (W.)

3. The 2nd nakṣatra. See பரணி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [parani. (pingalagandu)]

4. See முக்கூட்டெண்ணெய். [mukkuttenney.] Local usage

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Mukkūṭṭu (முக்கூட்டு) [mu-kūṭṭu] noun < மூன்று [munru] +. Junction, where three paths meet; மூன்று வழிகள் சேரும் இடம். [munru vazhigal serum idam.]

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