Shankai, Śaṅkai: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconŚaṅkai (ஶங்கை) noun < śaṅkā. See சங்கை¹. [sangai¹.] இன்றாக ஒரு ப்ரமாதம் புகுருகைக்கு ஶங்கை யில்லை யிறே [inraga oru pramatham pugurugaikku shangai yillai yire] (ஈடு-முப்பத்தாறுயிரப்படி [idu-muppatharuyirappadi], 3, 9, 9).
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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