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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Parataṉ (பரதன்) noun < Bharata.

1. A sovereign, son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā, after whom India is called Bharata-khaṇḍa; சகுந்த லைக்கும் துஷ்யந்தனுக்கும் பிறந்தவனும் பரதகண்டம் என்று இந்தியா தேசத்துக்குப் பெயர்வழங்குதற்குக் காரணமானவனுமான ஓர் அரசன். [saguntha laikkum thushyanthanukkum piranthavanum parathagandam enru inthiya thesathukkup peyarvazhangutharkug karanamanavanumana or arasan.]

2. A younger brother of Rāma and son of Kaikēyi; இராமன் தம்பியருள் ஒருவனான கைகேயிமகன். [iraman thambiyarul oruvanana kaigeyimagan.]

3. The author of a treatise on the art of dancing and acting; பரதநூல் செய்தவர். [parathanul seythavar.]

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Pārataṉ (பாரதன்) noun < bhārata. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])

1. Dancer, actor; கூத்தாடி. [kuthadi.]

2. Fire; தீ. [thi.]

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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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Starts with: Paramtrate, Paratamtrajivana, Paratamtrajivi, Paratana, Paratanattiyam, Paratanem, Paratangana, Paratani, Paratanisha, Paratanmam, Paratannam, Paratantiriyam, Paratantra, Paratantradrishti, Paratantrahamsopanishad, Paratantrata, Paratantri, Paratantrika, Paratantrikrita, Paratantrya.

Ends with: Cataparatan.

Full-text: Parattamai, Nantikkiramam, Cataparatan, Kamatti, Bharata, Lakshana.

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