Palaiyakarumantaram, Paḻaiyakarumāntaram, Palaiya-karumantaram: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPaḻaiyakarumāntaram (பழையகருமாந்தரம்) [paḻaiya-karumāntaram] noun < பழமொழிைய [pazhaiya] +. An ancient funeral ceremony among Koṇṭaiyaṅkōṭṭai Maṟavar in which the skull of a person who died an unnatural death is exhumed and certain rites are performed with dancing, etc.; பண்டைக்காலத்தில் கொண்டையங்கோட்டை மறவருள் துன்மரணமடைந்த வனது மண்டையோட்டைப் புதைகுழியினின்று எடுத்து, கூத்து முதலியவற்றுடன் அவன்பொருட்டுச் செய்யுஞ் சாச்சடங்கு. [pandaikkalathil kondaiyangottai maravarul thunmaranamadaintha vanathu mandaiyottaip puthaiguzhiyininru eduthu, kuthu muthaliyavarrudan avanporuttus seyyugn sachadangu.] (E. T. v, 43.)
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Partial matches: Karumantaram.
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