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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pammakatti (பம்மகத்தி) noun < Pkt. bammahatti < brahma-hatyā. The sin of killing a Brahmin. See பிரமகத்தி. காளையர்க ளெல்லா மடிந்த பம்மகத்தி வரலும் [piramagathi. kalaiyarka lella madintha pammagathi varalum] (திருக்காள. திருவிசைப்பா [thirukkala. thiruvisaippa], 19).

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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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