India history and geography

Source: academia.edu: Minor Chiefs and "Hero" in Ancient Tamilakam

Kumaṇaṉ (chief of Kutirai hills, philanthropist) is a name related to the historical geography and rulers of ancient Tamil Nadu, occuring in Sangam literature such as the Akanāṉūṟu and the Puṟanāṉūṟu.—Notes: (Puṟam. 158-159, VIS 249).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kumaṇaṉ (குமணன்) noun An ancient chief, who was so liberal as to give away his sword to a needy poet for cutting his head off and taking it over to his brother who had set a price on it; தன்தலையை வெட்டி அதனை விரும்பிய தம்பி கையிற் கொடுத்து வேண்டியபொருளைப் பெறுமாறு தன்னிடம் இரந்த புலவனுக்குத் தன் வாளையீந்த ஒரு பெருவள்ளல். [thanthalaiyai vetti athanai virumbiya thambi kaiyir koduthu vendiyaporulaip perumaru thannidam irantha pulavanukkuth than valaiyintha oru peruvallal.] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 164.)

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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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Ends with: Ilakkumanan, Ilan-kumanan.

Full-text: Mutiram, Ilan-kumanan.

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