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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vipakkam (விபக்கம்) noun < vi-pakṣa.

1. opposite side or party; எதிர்க்கட்சி. (இலக்கியச் சொல்லகராதி). [ethirkkadsi. (ilakkiyas sollagarathi).]

2. Opposite view; எதிரிடையான கொள்கை. [ethiridaiyana kolkai.]

3. (Logic.) Instance in which the major term is not found, as lake, where fire, the major term, is not found; அனுமானவுறுப்புள் துணிபொருளில்லா விடம். சபக்கத்துண்டாதலும் விபக்கத்தின்றியே விடுதலும் [anumanavuruppul thuniporulilla vidam. sapakkathundathalum vipakkathinriye viduthalum] (மணிமேகலை [manimegalai] 29, 123-4).

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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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