Vilakkani, Vilakkaṇi, Viḷakkaṇi: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVilakkaṇi (விலக்கணி) noun < விலக்கு [vilakku] + அணி². [ani².]
1. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech. See முன்னவிலக்கு. [munnavilakku.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 43.)
2. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a well-known negation is stated with a special significance; பிரசித்தமான விலக்கை ஒரு விசேஷ அபிப்பிராயத்தோடு சொல்லு வதாகிய அணி. [pirasithamana vilakkai oru visesha apippirayathodu sollu vathagiya ani.] (அணியிலக்கணம் [aniyilakkanam] 98.)
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Viḷakkaṇi (விளக்கணி) noun < விளக்கு [vilakku] +. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech. See தீவகம்¹ [thivagam¹], 2. (அணியிலக்கணம் [aniyilakkanam] 15.)
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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