Pakiratan, Pakirataṉ, Pakīrataṉ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPakirataṉ (பகிரதன்) noun See பகீரதன். பகிரதன் னெனும் பார்த்திபன் வந்தனன் பரிவால் [pagirathan. pagirathan nenum parthipan vanthanan parival] (கம்பராமாயணம் அகலி. [kambaramayanam agali.] 43).
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Pakīrataṉ (பகீரதன்) noun < Bhagīratha. An ancient king of the solar race who is believed to have brought down the sacred Gaṅgā from the heaven to the earth and conducted Her to the nether world in order to purify the ashy remains of his ancestors; சாம்பலாய்ப் போனவரும் தன்மூதாதையருமான சகரர்கள் நற்கதி யடைதற்பொருட்டு வானத்தினின்று கங்கையைப் பூமியிற்கொணர்ந்து பாதாளத்துச் செலுத்திய சூரிய வமிசத்து அரசன். [sambalayp ponavarum thanmuthathaiyarumana sagararkal narkathi yadaitharporuttu vanathininru kangaiyaip pumiyirkonarnthu pathalathus seluthiya suriya vamisathu arasan.]
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: Pakirata-pirayattinam.
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