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Sanskrit loan words in the Civakacintamani
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Compounds which are not found in Skt, though they are made of words from Skt. and are found only in Tamil :
1. antara-kumaran - 1264 antara + kumāra - a demigod who is in the
intermediate space. This may be the counterpart of the Skt. compound 'vyantara'. 2. uruva-c-cātakam - 1571 rūpa + jātaka
- science of the shape 3. kappakam-kama-valli - 1129 kalpaka + kāma + valli - the creeper Kāmavalli on the tree
Kalpaka 4. kāppiya-k-kavika! - 1585
kāvya + kavika! - the poets who compose kāvyas 5. kama-malai - 1357
kāma + mala - a garland of desire 6. kita-viti - 2039 gita + vithi
- an avenue of music 7. catu-muka - 766
catur + mukha - four divisions (of army) 8. tava-virar - 3104
(Skt.) tapas - virth - sages heroic in performing austerities.
(Pkt.) tava 9. matu-p-pali - 471 madhu + bali
- the oblation of wine 10. viņai-vittakan - 1002 vina + vidagdha
- the expert in playing on the (vīņa) lute There are also a few Tamil translations of the Skt. compounds in the Cc. For example :
Tamil 1. grhadevatā illurai teyvam - the domestic deity 2. dvijaomānah iru pirappāļar - brahmins
kawavalli ippak koți - a creeper found in svarga awakarma i enviņai
- a fruit of deeds accumulattng in eight ways brdayakamala akappa
- heart 6. sataghni nurruvaraikkolli - a deadly machine which kills a hundred
people at a time, 7. pancāgni alalaintu
- the five fires: the dakşina, gārhapatya,
ābavaniya, sabhya, avasathya
Skt.
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