Temkalai, Teṃkalai, Tenkalai, Teṅkalai, Teṉkalai: 2 definitions
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTeṃkalai (ತೆಂಕಲೈ):—[noun] = ತೆಂಕಲೆ [temkale].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconTeṉkalai (தென்கலை) [teṉ-kalai] noun < idem. + kalā.
1. The Tamil literature and art, as belonging to the south; [தென்னாட்டுக்குரிய கலை] தமிழ். வட கலை தென்கலை வடுகு கன்னடம் (கம்பராமாயணம் பாயி.). [[thennattukkuriya kalai] thamizh. vada kalai thenkalai vadugu kannadam (kambaramayanam payi.).]
2. A Vaiṣṇava sect, opposed to vaṭa-kalai. See தென்கலையார். [thenkalaiyar.]
3. See தென்கலைநாமம். [thenkalainamam.]
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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Full-text: Tenkalainamam, Tenkalaittiruman, Tenkalaiyar, Vatakalai, Mana-ala-mamuni, Shriramanucam, Pillai Lokacharya, Attikiri, Satyavraksetra.
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