Tannai, Taṉṉai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconTaṉṉai (தன்னை) noun < idem. + ஐ³. [ai³.]
1. Lord, chief; தலைவன். தன்னை தலைமலைந்த . . . கண்ணி [thalaivan. thannai thalaimalaintha . . . kanni] (புறப்பொருள்வெண்பாமாலை [purapporulvenpamalai] 1, 13).
2. Elder brother; தமையன். தன்னைமார் தந்த கொழுமீன் [thamaiyan. thannaimar thantha kozhumin] (ஐந்திணை யைம்பது [aindinai yaimbathu] 47).
3. Elder sister; தமக்கை. (திவா.) [thamakkai. (thiva.)]
4. Mother; தாய். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [thay. (pingalagandu)]
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: Tannaikkattu, Tannaipparrutal, Tannaisu, Tannaivettal, Tannaiyari.
Ends with: Civatannai, Kutannai.
Full-text (+50): Tannaipparrutal, Tannaiyari, Tannaivettal, Tannaikkattu, Svapimanam, Ciraivan, Nencara, Kalintai, Tannor, Tannavan, Antanamai, Nannilai, Pikupannu, Illolukkam, Namakam, Tinantaraiyakkam, Atmanivetanam, Purattik-kitampannu, Minukki, Atavi.
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The Religion and Philosophy of Tevaram (Thevaram) (by M. A. Dorai Rangaswamy)
Nayanar 40: Poyyatimai illata pulavar < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Chapter 65 (a) - Thiruvottriyur or Tiruvorriyur or Tiruvottiyur (Hymn 91) < [Volume 3.5 - Pilgrim’s progress: to the North]
Nayanar 30: Tirumular (Thirumoolar) or Tirumula < [Volume 4.1.1 - A comparative study of the Shaivite saints the Thiruthondathogai]
Tiruvaymoli (Thiruvaimozhi): English translation (by S. Satyamurthi Ayyangar)
Pasuram 7.9.7 < [Section 9 - Ninth Tiruvaymoli (Enraikkum)]
Pasuram 3.6.2 < [Section 6 - Sixth Tiruvaymoli (Ceyya Tamaraik Kannan Ay)]
Pasuram 2.2.3 < [Section 2 - Second Tiruvaymoli (Tinnan vitu)]
Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
A Canoe for Paradise: The Cult of John Frum in Tanna, Vanuatu < [Volume 152 (2010)]