Panca-patcivelai, Pañcapaṭcivēḷai, Pancapatcivelai, Panca-patci-velai, Pancapatci-velai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pañcapaṭcivēḷai (பஞ்சபட்சிவேளை) [pañca-paṭci-vēḷai] noun < பஞ்சபட்சி [panchapadsi] +. (W.)

1. Auspicious hour ascertained by augury; பஞ்சபட்சிகளாற் குறியறியும் நேரம். [panchapadsigalar kuriyariyum neram.]

2. Augury from the eating, sleeping, walking, ruling and dying of pañca-paṭci between the full and the new moon; அமாவாசை பூர்ணிமைகளின் இடையே பஞ்சபட்சிகளின் உண்டி, துயில், நடை, அரசு, சாவுகளினின்று அறியும் குறி. [amavasai purnimaigalin idaiye panchapadsigalin undi, thuyil, nadai, arasu, savugalininru ariyum kuri.]

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