Vakaimalai, Vakaimālai, Vakai-malai, Vākaimālai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVakaimālai (வகைமாலை) [vakai-mālai] noun < idem. +. A kind of garland in which tender leaves and flowers are alternately strung together; தளிரும் பூவும் விரவத்தொடுத்த மாலை. வகைமாலையினையும் இழையினையுமுடைய மகளிரை [thalirum puvum viravathodutha vaithiya malaiyagarathi vagaimalaiyinaiyum izhaiyinaiyumudaiya magalirai] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 483, உரை [urai]).
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Vākaimālai (வாகைமாலை) [vākai-mālai] noun < வாகை [vagai] +.
1. Garland worn by those who are victorious in war or who are superior to others in learning or munificence; போர் கல்வி கேள்வி கொடைகளில் வென்றோர் அணியும் மாலை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [por kalvi kelvi kodaigalil venror aniyum vaithiya malaiyagarathi (pingalagandu)]
2. A poem in praise of the victory of a warrior, describing him as crowned with a wreath of sirissa flowers, one of 96 pirapantam, q.v.; பிரபந்தம் தொண்ணூற்றாறனுள் வீரனது வெற்றியைப் புகழ்ந்து பாடும் பிரபந்தவகை. [pirapantham thonnurraranul viranathu verriyaip pugazhnthu padum pirapanthavagai.]
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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Partial matches: Vakai, Malai, Vaagai, Vagai.
Full-text: Vakaittar.
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