Vipavanai, Vipāvaṉai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Vipāvaṉai (விபாவனை) noun < vi-bhāvanā.

1. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which the effects are represented as taking place, though their usual causes are absent; பிரசித்தமான காரணமின்றியே காரியம் பிறந்ததாகச் சொல்லும் அணிவகை. [pirasithamana karanaminriye kariyam piranthathagas sollum anivagai.] (தண்டியலங்காரம் [thandiyalangaram] 50.)

2. Pārvatī; பார்வதி. [parvathi.] (கூர்மபுராணம் திருக்கலியாண. [kurmapuranam thirukkaliyana.] 22.)

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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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