Vayaviyasnanam, Vāyaviyasnāṉam, Vayaviya-snanam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vāyaviyasnāṉam (வாயவியஸ்நானம்) [vāyaviya-snāṉam] noun < idem. +. snāna. Exposing oneself to the dust raised by cows' hoofs, considered a sacred bath, one of seven kinds of snāṉam, q.v.; ஸ்நானம் ஏழனுள் பசுத்திரள் செல்லுதலால் எழுகின்ற தூளி உடம்பிலெங்கும் படுவதாலாகிய ஸ்நானம். [snanam ezhanul pasuthiral selluthalal ezhuginra thuli udambilengum paduvathalagiya snanam.] (W.)

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