Vittalakkanai, Viṭṭalakkaṇai, Vitta-lakkanai: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Viṭṭalakkaṇai (விட்டலக்கணை) [viṭṭa-lakkaṇai] noun < idem. +. lakṣaṇā. (Grammar) A variety of ilakkaṇai, in which a word is used in its secondary sense, its primary sense having been lost, one of three ilakkaṇai, q.v.; இலக்கணை மூன்றனுள் சொல்லப் பட்ட வாசகத்தின் பொருளை இயைபின்மையாற் கைவிட்டு அவ்வாசகத்திற்கு வேறுபொருள் கொள்ளு மாறு நிற்பது. (இலக்கியச் சொல்லகராதி) [ilakkanai munranul sollap patta vasagathin porulai iyaipinmaiyar kaivittu avvasagathirku veruporul kollu maru nirpathu. (ilakkiyas sollagarathi)]

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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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