Mutavanti, Muṭavāṇṭi, Muta-anti: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Muṭavāṇṭi (முடவாண்டி) [muṭa-āṇṭi] noun < முடம் [mudam] +. A class of beggars in Koṅku country, who voluntarily take and bring up all children born blind or lame in the Koṅku Vēḷāḷa caste; கொங்கு நாட்டில் கொங்குவேளாளர் கூட்டத்துட் பிறக்கும் பிறவிக்குருடு முடங்களான குழந்தைகளை வலிய எடுத்து வளர்த்துவரும் பிச்சைக்கார வகை யினர். [kongu nattil konguvelalar kuttathud pirakkum piravikkurudu mudangalana kuzhanthaigalai valiya eduthu valarthuvarum pichaikkara vagai yinar.] (E. T. v, 84.)

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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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