Kumpakalacam, Kumpa-kalacam: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kumpakalacam (கும்பகலசம்) [kumpa-kalacam] noun < kumbha +. Pot of water used on ceremonial occasions, usually wound round with thread, placed on a heap of grain and purified by mantras; விசேடங் களில், நூல்சுற்றி மந்திரத்தாற் சுத்திசெய்து தானியக் குவியலின்மீது வைக்கும் மந்திரகலசம். [visedang kalil, nulsurri manthirathar suthiseythu thaniyag kuviyalinmithu vaikkum manthiragalasam.]

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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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