Pirukarpati, Pirukaṟpati: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pirukaṟpati (பிருகற்பதி) noun < Bṛhas-pati.

1. The planet Jupiter, Guru of the gods; வியாழன். (திவா.) [viyazhan. (thiva.)]

2. Family priest; புரோகிதன். [purogithan.]

3. Author of a Smṛti (R. F.); தருமநூ லாசிரியருள் ஒருவர். [tharumanu lasiriyarul oruvar.]

4. A Sanskrit text-book on Hindu law, ascribed to Bṛhaspati, one of 18 taruma-nūl, q. v.; தருமநூல் பதினெட்டனுள் பிருகற்பதியால் இயற்றப்பட்ட நூல். [tharumanul pathinettanul pirugarpathiyal iyarrappatta nul.]

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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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