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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Paṭaivīṭu (படைவீடு) [paṭai-vīṭu] noun < idem. +.

1. Encampment, soldier’s quarters in an encampment; பாசறை. [pasarai.]

2. Capital; இராசதானி. வித்தக வீரன் விறற்படைவீடு [irasathani. vithaga viran virarpadaividu] (பெருங்கதை உஞ்சைக். [perungathai unchaig.] 57, 117). (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi])

3. Armoury, arsenal, magazine; ஆயுதசாலை. [ayuthasalai.]

4. The six shrines of Skanda, viz., Tirupparaṅkuṉṟam, Tiruccīralaivāy, Tiruvāviṉaṉkuṭi, Tiruvērakam, Paḻamutircōlai, Kuṉṟukaḷ; திருப்பரங்குன்றம், திருச்சீரலைவாய், திருவா வினன்குடி, திருவேரகம், பழமலையந்தாதிுதிர்சோலை, குன்றுகள் என்ற அறுவகைப்பட்ட குமரக்கடவு ளிருப்பிடம். (பத்துப்பாட்டு) [thirupparangunram, thiruchiralaivay, thiruva vinankudi, thiruveragam, pazhamuthirsolai, kunrugal enra aruvagaippatta kumarakkadavu liruppidam. (pathuppattu)]

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