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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pakavatkītai (பகவத்கீதை) [pakavat-kītai] noun < Bhagavat-gītā.

1. A section of 18 chapters in the Mahābhārata, containing the sacred instruction of Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna; அருச்சுனன்பொருட்டுக் கண் ணபிரான் உபதேசித்ததும் [aruchunanporuttug kan napiran upathesithathum] 18-அத்தியாயமுடையதும் மகாபாரதத்தில் அடங்கியதுமான வடமொழி ஞான நூல். [athiyayamudaiyathum magaparathathil adangiyathumana vadamozhi gnanamirtham nul.]

2. A translation of the same in Tamil verse, by Paṭṭaṉār; வடமொழிப் பகவற்கீதையைப் பட்டனார் தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்த்துச்செய்த ஞானநூல். [vadamozhip pagavarkithaiyaip pattanar thamizhil mozhipeyarthucheytha gnananul.]

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