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  2. Yazh - Wikipedia

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    The yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yāḻ, pronounced) is a harp used in ancient Tamil music.It was strung with gut strings that ran from a curved ebony neck to a boat or trough-shaped resonator, the opening of which was a covered with skin for a soundboard.

  3. Yali (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Yali (IAST: Yāḷi), [1] (Tamil: யாழி), [2] is a Hindu mythological creature, portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features. [3] Images of the creature occur in many South Indian temples, often sculpted onto the pillars. [4]

  4. Thanthondreeswarar Temple (Belur, Salem) - Wikipedia

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    The temple is constructed in such a way that every year, in the first week of Tamil month (Chithirai) the sunlight falls on the main deity in early morning. A structure of a mythical lion, "YAZHI" (A statue of lion) made out of a single stone with a rolling ball inside its mouth is carved on two pillars.

  5. Attangudi Palace - Wikipedia

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    The entrance doorjamb and the doors were made of Burma teak wood. The floors would having the marble stones imported from Dutch. Attangudi tiles add much beauty to the palace. The inner ceiling of the bungalow would have teak wood. Sculptures such as yazhi and elephant would be found with beautiful iconographical aspects.

  6. Tamil language - Wikipedia

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    போக pōka go முடி muṭi accomplish ஆத் āt NEG. IMPRS அ a PTCP வர் var NMLZ கள் kaḷ PL உக்கு ukku to ஆக āka for போக முடி ஆத் அ வர் கள் உக்கு ஆக pōka muṭi āt a var kaḷ ukku āka go accomplish NEG.IMPRS PTCP NMLZ PL to for Morphology Tamil nouns (and pronouns) are classified into two super ...

  7. Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil language of Dravidian family has absorbed many loanwords from Indo-Aryan family, predominantly from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit, [1] ever since the early 1st millennium CE, when the Sangam period Chola kingdoms became influenced by spread of Jainism, Buddhism and early Hinduism. Many of these loans are obscured by adaptions to Tamil ...

  8. Ayyavazhi - Wikipedia

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    Unlike Akilam, there is no definitive history for Arul Nool. All these texts are compiled in Tamil language. [58] Pancha pathi – Location map. To the Ayyavazhi devotees, there are seven holy places, called Pathis, [59] [60] with the Pancha pathis being the most important. [61] The temple of the Swamithope pathi is the headquarters of the ...

  9. Akilathirattu Ammanai - Wikipedia

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    Akilathirattu is written as a poem in the Tamil language. The narration alternates between two subgenres called viruttam and natai. Both subgenres employ poetic devices like alliteration and hyperbatons. [4] The text contains seventeen sections, and more than 15,000 verses.