Pericai, Pēricai, Per-icai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPēricai (பேரிசை) [pēr-icai] noun < பெரு-மை [peru-mai] +.
1. Great renown; பெரும்புகழ். பேரிசை நன்னன் [perumbugazh. perisai nannan] (பத்துப்பாட்டு: மதுரைக்காஞ்சி [pathuppattu: mathuraikkanchi] 618).
2. A treatise on music, of the last Saṅgam, not now extant; கடைச்சங்கத்து வழங்கிய ஓர் இசைநூல். [kadaichangathu vazhangiya or isainul.] (இறையனாரகப் பொருள் [iraiyanaragap porul] 5, உரை. [urai.])
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Pēricai (பேரிசை) [pēr-icai] noun < பெரு-மை [peru-mai] +. (poetics) A kind of poetic composition; ஐவகைப்பட்ட வெண்டுறைச்செந்துறையு ளொன்று. [aivagaippatta venduraichenthuraiyu lonru.] (யாப்பருங்கலம் விருத்தி [yapparungalam viruthi] 538.)
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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Partial matches: Icai, Per, Paer, Ichai, Isai, Iccai.
Full-text: Venturai-centuraipattu, Manram.
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