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  2. Tamil inscriptions in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The word Dameḻa (Tamil) is present in six early Prakrit inscriptions related to Buddhist donations and Tamil Buddhist monks. The 𑀟 letter (often reversed) is used here to represent an early form of the Tamil 𑀵 (ḻa). [13] [11] [18] 1. Parumaka - 𑀧𑀭𑀼𑀫𑀓 Parumaka is derived from the Tamil 'Perumakaṉ' which means great man.

  3. Three Crowned Kings - Wikipedia

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    'three' and Tamil: வேந்தர், romanized: vēntar, lit. 'king',. [6] They are mentioned by Megasthenes and the Edicts of Ashoka, [7] and first in Tolkappiyam among Tamil literature who was the first to call them Three Glorified by Heaven (Tamil: வான்புகழ் மூவர், Vāṉpukaḻ Mūvar). [1]

  4. Tissanayagam family - Wikipedia

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    The Aryachakravarthi's claimed that they originated from Sethu and their titles included the prefix "Sethupathi" meaning Lord of the Sethu and "Sethu Kavalan" which means Guardian of the Sethu. [12] They used the word "Sethu" on their coins and as a form of greeting on their inscriptions. Sethu is the land that bordered both sides of the Palk ...

  5. Tamil honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Tiru (Tamil: திரு), [9] also rendered Thiru, is a Tamil honorific prefix used while addressing adult males and is the equivalent of the English "Mr" or the French "Monsieur". The female equivalent of the term is tirumati. Tiru is a word that means "sacred" or "holy". [10]

  6. Kural - Wikipedia

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    The term Tirukkuṟaḷ is a compound word made of two individual terms, tiru and kuṟaḷ. Tiru is an honorific Tamil term that corresponds to the Sanskrit term sri meaning "holy, sacred, excellent, honorable, and beautiful." [33] The term tiru has as many as 19 different meanings in Tamil. [34]

  7. Crown - Wikipedia

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    A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, particularly in Commonwealth countries, as an abstract name for the monarchy itself (and, by extension, the state of which said monarch is head) as distinct from the individual who inhabits it (that is, The Crown).

  8. Talk:List of English words of Tamil origin - Wikipedia

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    Anaconda is word of Tamil origin anai-kondra meaning elephant killer. [1] — ... There is no document in T-M, but there ARE documents in Tamil for 20 centuries.

  9. Tamil All Character Encoding - Wikipedia

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    Tamil All Character Encoding (TACE16) is a scheme for encoding the Tamil script in the Private Use Area of Unicode, implementing a syllabary-based character model differing from the modified-ISCII model used by Unicode's existing Tamil implementation.