Muyalakan, Muyalakaṉ: 2 definitions
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Muyalakan means something in the history of ancient India, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: Institut Français de Pondichéry: The Shaivite legends of KanchipuramMuyalakaṉ (முயலகன்) (in Tamil) refers to Apasmāra in Sanskrit, and represents one of the proper nouns mentioned in the Kanchipuranam, which narrates the Shaivite Legends of Kanchipuram—an ancient and sacred district in Tamil Nadu (India). The Kanchipuranam (mentioning Muyalakaṉ) reminds us that Kanchipuram represents an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism have co-existed since ancient times.
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Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconMuyalakaṉ (முயலகன்) noun < முயல்³. [muyal³.]
1. A Bhūta over whose body Naṭarāja dances; நட ராசப்பெருமான் ஏறி நடிக்கும் பூதம். மூடாய முய லகன் [nada rasapperuman eri nadikkum putham. mudaya muya lagan] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 878, 3).
2. See முயல்வலி. மன்னு பெரும்பிணியாகும் முயலகன் வந்தணைவுற [muyalvali. mannu perumbiniyagum muyalagan vanthanaivura] (பெரியபுராணம் திருஞான. [periyapuranam thirugnana.] 311).
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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Full-text: Apasmarasuran, Mucalakan, Nataraja.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Chapter 4.6 - (c) Symbology of Muyalakan (the Apasmara Purusha) < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 4.6 - (a) Weapons and Ornaments of Shiva < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
Chapter 4.3 - (c) Sculptures of Shiva and Dance < [Volume 2 - Nampi Arurar and Mythology]
I Counted Coins with Rajaji < [January – March, 1979]
The Vision of the Sacred Dance-II < [July – September, 1984]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
3. Images set up by his Queens < [Tanjavur/Thanjavur (Rajarajesvaram temple)]
Temples in Ramanathankoyil < [Chapter IV - Temples of Rajendra I’s Time]
Temples in Tiruvasi < [Aditya I]