Vilai-kotut-tuyirkattal, Vilaikoṭuttuyirkāttal, Vilaikotuttuyirkattal, Vilai-kotut-tuyir-kattal, Vilaikotut-tuyir-kattal: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vilaikoṭuttuyirkāttal (விலைகொடுத்துயிர்காத்தல்) [vilai-koṭut-tuyir-kāttal] noun < idem. + கொடு- [kodu-] +. Saving a life by payment of ransom, considered an act of charity; கொல்லப்படும் பிராணிகளைப் பணங் கொடுத்து உயிர் மீட்கும் அறச்செயல். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [kollappadum piranigalaip panang koduthu uyir midkum aracheyal. (pingalagandu)]

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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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