Upacarakkai, Upacārakkai, Upacara-kai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Upacārakkai (உபசாரக்கை) [upacāra-kai] noun < upacāra +. (Nāṭya.) Gesture with both hands in which the hollow of both palms are brought close face to face and are held together on the breast implying polite submission to the words of elders; இரண்டுகைகளையுங்குவித்து மார்போட ணைத்து உபசாரமாகக்காட்டும் இணைக்கை வகை. உபசாரக்கை . . . குடங்கையிரண்டுங் கூப்பிமார்பிருத் தல் [irandugaigalaiyunguvithu marpoda naithu upasaramagakkattum inaikkai vagai. upasarakkai . . . kudangaiyirandung kuppimarpiruth thal] (பரதசாஸ்திரம் பாவ. [magaparatham pava.] 54).

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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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