Ramayanam, Rāmāyaṇam: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconRāmāyaṇam (ராமாயணம்) noun < Ramāyaṇa.
1. The epic Rāmāyaṇa. See இராமாயணம். [iramayanam.]
2. The war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa; இராமராவண யுத்தம். தேவாசுர ராமாயண மாபாரதம் . . . ஓயும்படி யுளதப் பொருகளமே [iramaravana yutham. thevasura ramayana maparatham . . . oyumbadi yulathap porugalame] (கலிங்கத்துப்பரணி [kalingathupparani] 459).
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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