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Svaram (ஸ்வரம்) noun < svara.
1. (Music) Note of the musical scale, of which there are seven, viz., ṣaṭjam, riṣapam, kāntāram, matyamam, pañcamam, taivatam, niṣātam; ஷட்ஜம் ரிஷபம் காந்தாரம் மத்யமம் பஞ்சமம் தைவதம் நிஷாதம் என்று எழுவகைப்பட்ட இசை. [shadjam rishapam kantharam mathyamam panchamam thaivatham nishatham enru ezhuvagaippatta isai.]
2. Notes in Vēdic chant, of which there are four, viz., utāttam, aṉutāttam, svaritam, piracayam; வேதம் ஓதுதலில் வழங்கும் உதாத்தம் அனுதாத்தம் ஸ்வரிதம் பிரசயம் என்று நால்வகைப்பட்ட இசை கள். [vetham othuthalil vazhangum uthatham anuthatham svaritham pirasayam enru nalvagaippatta isai kal.]
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Svaram (ஸ்வரம்) noun < svara. (Grammar) Vowel; உயிரெழுத்து. [uyirezhuthu.] (பேரகத்தியம் [peragathiyam] 10, உரை. [urai.])
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 (+6): Svarama, Svaramadhurya, Svaramaguchhaka, Svaramaitri, Svaramala, Svaramana, Svaramancanritya, Svaramandala, Svaramandali, Svaramandalika, Svaramanjari, Svaramantrakanda, Svaramapaka-yantra, Svaramatra, Svaramatralakshana, Svaramaya, Svarambhaka, Svarambi, Svaramela, Svaramelakalanidhi.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 500 < [Malayalam-English (1 volume)]
Page 899 < [Malayalam-English-Kannada (1 volume)]
Page 438 < [Kannada-English-Malayalam (1 volume)]
Brihaddevata attributed to Shaunaka (by Arthur Anthony Macdonell)
Part 24-25a - Deities of the tones < [Chapter 8 - Deities of Rigveda X.98-191 (1-98); Conclusion (99-140)]
Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Chapter 15 - Third Chandoma day (of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
Chapter 14 - Chandoma days (of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
Chapter 13 - Prishthya (six-day period of the twelve-day rite) (continued)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami (by Kusakratha Prabhu)
Verse 178.18 < [Anuccheda 178]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)