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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconYākam (யாகம்) noun < yāga.
1. Sacrifice, of eighteen kinds, viz., cōtiṭṭōmam, aṅkiṭṭōmam, attiyaṅkiṭṭōmam, vācapēyam, atirāttirakam, cōmayākam, kāṇṭakam, cāturmāciyam, cavuttirāmaṇi, puṇṭarīkam, civakāmam, mayēntiram, aṅkicamaṉ, irācacūyam, accuvamētam, viccuvacittu, naramētam, piramamētam; சோதிட்டோ மம், அங்கிட்டோமம், அத்தியங்கிட்டோமம், வாசபே யம், அதிராத்திரகம், சோமயாகம், காண்டகம், சாதுர் மாசியம், சவுத்திராமணிமேகலை, புண்டரீகம், சிவகாமம், மயேந்திரம், அங்கிசமன், இராசசூயம், அச்சுவமேதம், விச்சுவசித்து, நரமேதம், பிரமமேதம் என்ற பதி னெட்டு வகைப்பட்ட வேள்வி. (திவா.) [sothitto mam, angittomam, athiyangittomam, vasape yam, athirathiragam, somayagam, kandagam, sathur masiyam, savuthiramani, pundarigam, sivagamam, mayenthiram, angisaman, irasasuyam, achuvametham, vichuvasithu, narametham, piramametham enra pathi nettu vagaippatta velvi. (thiva.)]
2. Sacrifice, of five kinds. See ஐவகையாகம் [aivagaiyagam],
1. 3. Varieties of spiritual discipline. See ஐவகையாகம் [aivagaiyagam],
2. 4. Worship; திருவாராதனம். [thiruvarathanam.] Vaiṣṇ
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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