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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPuyaṅkam (புயங்கம்) noun < bhujaṅ-ga.
1. Snake; பாம்பு. (திவா.) போர்வைநீத்த புயங்கத்தன்ன [pambu. (thiva.) porvainitha puyangathanna] (ஞானாமிர்தம் [gnanamirtham] 41, 2).
2. See புயங்கநிருத்தம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [puyanganirutham. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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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