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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in Tamilnadu

Nirakam refers to one of the 108 divyadesas according to Priyavaccan Pillai’s compendium of the Ramayana based on the Nalayirativviyappirapantam.—Nirakam is within the complex of the Ulakalanta Perumal Temple. The utsava-murti alone is present. This is the only temple without a Mulabera. The original location of the temple is not known.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nirākam (நிராகம்) noun < nir + ஆகம். [agam.] Incorporeality; உடலின்மை. [udalinmai.] (W.)

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Nīrakam (நீரகம்) [nīr-akam] noun < idem. +.

1. The earth, as sea-girt; [கடல் சூழ்ந்த இடம்] பூமி. நீரகம் பனிக்கு . . . கடுந்திறல் [[kadal suzhntha idam] pumi. niragam panikku . . . kadunthiral] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: மலை [pathuppattu: malai] 81).

2. A Viṣṇu shrine in Kāñcīpuram; கச்சியிலுள்ள திருமால் கோயில்களுள் ஒன்று. [kachiyilulla thirumal koyilkalul onru.] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் திருநெடுந். [nalayira thivyappirapandam thirunedun.] 8.)

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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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Partial matches: Nir, Akam.

Starts with: Nirakamkshe.

Full-text: Karvanam, Karakam, Kanci, Tontainatu.

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