Viray, Vīray, Virāy, Viṟāy: 3 definitions
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Viray means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVīray (वीरय्).—vīrayate be like a man or hero.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconVirāy (விராய்) noun perhaps from விராவு-. [viravu-.]
1. Fuel, fire-wood; விறகு. வல்விராய் மாய வெரிதழல் [viragu. valviray maya verithazhal] (நீதிநெறி விளக்கம் [nithineri vilakkam] 64).
2. A flowering plant; பூச்செடிவகை. விராய்மலர்க்கோதை [puchedivagai. viraymalarkkothai] (பெருங்கதை வத்தவ. [perungathai vathava.] 12, 38, அரும். [arum.]).
3. See விராயம். [virayam.] (R.)
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Viṟāy (விறாய்) noun cf. வீறு. [viru.] Sauciness; செருக்கு. அவனுக்கு விறாய் அதிகம். [serukku. avanukku viray athigam.] (W.)
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Vīrāy (வீராய்) [vīrāytal] 4 transitive verb cf. பீராய்-. [piray-.] To scrape together; to gather together little by little; சிறிதுசிறிதாகச் சேகரித்தல். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [sirithusirithagas segarithal. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
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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