Nitaricanam, Nitaricaṉam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nitaricaṉam (நிதரிசனம்) noun < nidarśana.

1. Example, illustration; திருஷ்டாந்தம். [thirushdantham.]

2. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which the quality or action of an object is described as affecting another either for good or evil; ஒரு பொருளின் செயல் முதலியன மற்றோர்பொருளுக்கு நன்மையோ தீமையோ புலப்பட நிகழ்வதாகக்கூறும் அணிவகை. [oru porulin seyal muthaliyana marrorporulukku nanmaiyo thimaiyo pulappada nigazhvathagakkurum anivagai.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 83.)

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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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