Patakan, Patakaṉ, Pāṭakaṉ, Pātakaṉ: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPatakaṉ (பதகன்) noun < பதகம்². [pathagam².]
1. Heinous sinner; கொடும்பாவி. பதகன் றுரந்த வுரகம் [kodumbavi. pathagan rurantha vuragam] (கம்பராமாயணம் நாகபாச. [kambaramayanam nagapasa.] 263).
2. Low, degraded person; கீழ்மகன். முழுப்பதகன் [kizhmagan. muzhuppathagan] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 2783).
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Pāṭakaṉ (பாடகன்) noun perhaps from pāṭhaka. Songster, musician; பாடுவோன். விறலியர் பாட கர் பாணர் புகழக்கண்டு [paduvon. viraliyar pada kar panar pugazhakkandu] (திருவாலாவா. [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 55, 3).
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Pāṭakaṉ (பாடகன்) noun < bhāṣaka. Able speaker; சொல்வன்மையுள்ளவன். நல்லவார்த்தை கள் சொல்லவல்ல . . . பாடகன் [solvanmaiyullavan. nallavarthai kal sollavalla . . . padagan] (திருவாலவாயுடையார் திருவிளையாடற் [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 32, 5).
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Pātakaṉ (பாதகன்) noun < பாதகம்¹. [pathagam¹.] Man guilty of a heinous crime; பெரும்பாவஞ்செய் தோன். ஐம்பெரும் பாதகர்காள் [perumbavanchey thon. aimberum pathagarkal] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் நாய்ச். [nalayira thivyappirapandam nays.] 9, 4).
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: Patakana, Patakancol, Patakanem, Patakani, Patakanikkai, Patakanirasa, Patakanni.
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