Paladivya, Pāḷadivya, Pala-divya, Pāḷa-divya: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Paladivya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pāḷadivya (ಪಾಳದಿವ್ಯ):—[noun] a crude ordeal, in which the accused would seize a red-hot plough-share to prove his or her innocence (it was believed that the accused would be come out of the ordeal unscathed if innocent).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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