Pacan, Pacāṉ, Pācaṉ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPacāṉ (பசான்) noun
1. A kind of paddy harvested in Cittirai; சித்திரைமாதத்தில் அறுவடை யாகும் ஒருவகை நெல். [sithiraimathathil aruvadai yagum oruvagai nel.]
2. Harvest time of pacāṉ paddy; பசான் நெல்லின் அறுவடைக்காலம். இராஜ ராஜ தேவர்க்கு யாண்டு இருபத்தெட்டாவது பசான் முதல் [pasan nellin aruvadaikkalam. iraja raja thevarkku yandu irupathettavathu pasan muthal] (S. I. I. ii, 132).
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Pācaṉ (பாசன்) noun < pāśa.
1. The soul, as subject to births and mundane attachments; சீவான்மா. (சதுராகராதி) [sivanma. (sathuragarathi)]
2. Yama; யமன். [yaman.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 86.)
3. Varuṇa; வருணன். [varunan.] (நாமதீபநிகண்டு [namathipanigandu] 82.)
4. Śiva; சிவபெருமான். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [sivaperuman. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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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Starts with (+21): Pacamda, Pacamkamanaga, Pacamkamavana, Pacana, Pacana-pranali, Pacanacam, Pacanagai, Pacanagara, Pacanagni, Pacanaka, Pacanakkal, Pacanakriya, Pacanakriye, Pacanalaya, Pacanankam, Pacanapeti, Pacanapetikkoti, Pacanarasa, Pacanasthana, Pacanavriddhi.
Ends with: Itzpacan, Kinarruppacan, Kumpacan, Pirapacan, Tapacan.
Full-text: Pachan, Pasan bhad, Pasan, Pasan koriko, Pacanarasa, Pachan bet, Pasan bhed, Pacana, Picanam.
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