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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMummatil (மும்மதில்) [mu-matil] noun < மூன்று [munru] +.
1. See முப்புரம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [muppuram. (pingalagandu)]
2. (Jaina philosophy) The three fortifications of camavacaraṇam, viz., utaya-taram, pirīti-taram, kalyāṇa-taram; சமவசர ணத்துள்ள உதயதரம், பிரீதிதரம், கல்யாணதரம் என்னும் மூன்று மதில்கள். [samavasara nathulla uthayatharam, pirithitharam, kalyanatharam ennum munru mathilkal.] (மேருமந்தரபுராணம் [merumandarapuranam] 61, உரை. [urai.])
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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