Eli, Eḷi, Ēli: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Eli means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Christianity, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Eḷi can be transliterated into English as Eli or Elii, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: academia.edu: Gleanings from Atula’s MusikavamsaEli (एल�) is the name of a mountain, according to the historical poem Mūṣikavaṃśa by Atula dealing with the royal lineage of North Kerala in roughly 1000 verses.—The Mūṣikavaṃśa begins with an account of a pregnant queen, guarded by her family priest, escaping the animosity of sage Jāmadagnya Rāma, more popularly known as Paraśurāma (‘Rāma with axe�) in the West coast of India, reaching the mountain called Eli.
Note: There is the mountain called Ezhimala in Malayalam in north Kerala which very much fits into the description of the Eli Mountain in the poem.

Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.
Languages of India and abroad
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusEli (ಎಲ�):—[noun] any of a large number of small, widespread rodents belonging to various families and having small ears and a long, thin tail, esp., a species (Mus musculus) that commonly infests buildings; a mouse.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconEli (எல�) noun [Telugu: elika, Kanarese, Malayalam: Travancore usage eli.]
1. Rat, Mus rattus. எலிப்பகை நா� முயிர்ப்பக� கெடும் [elippagai naga muyirppag kedum] (திருக்குறள� [thirukkural], 763).
2. Bandicoot. See பெருச்சாளி. வா� ணத்த� . . . எலியிழுத்துப� போகின்� தென் [peruchali. vara nathai . . . eliyizhuthup poginra then] (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்ட� [thanippadarrirattu] i, 32, 61).
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Eli (எல�) noun
1. Toddy; கள�. (பிȨகலகண்ட�) [kal. (pingalagandu)]
2. Spurge. See கள்ள�. [kalli.]
3. The 11th Բṣaٰ. See பூரம�. (திவா.) [puram. (thiva.)]
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Eḷi (எள�) [ḷiٲ] 4 intransitive verb < எள�-மை. [eli-mai.] To become feeble, low-spirited; எளிமைடைதல். பொருதிறல்வன்மை� திலனாயெளிந்தான� [elimaidaithal. poruthiralvanmaiya thilanayelinthan] (கந்தபு. அக்கினிமுக�. [kanthapu. akkinimuga.] 90).
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Eḷi (எள�) [ḷiٳٲ] 11 transitive verb caus. of எளி�-. [¹-.] To cry down, disparage; தாழ்த்திக்கூறுதல�. எளித்த லேத்தல� [thazhthikkuruthal. elitha lethal] (தொல். பொ. [thol. po.] 207).
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Ēli (ஏல�) noun cf. ī. Toddy; கள (அகராதி நிகண்ட�) [kala (agarathi nigandu)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+2): Eli-amanaku, Eli-ballu, Eli-k-kucci-p-pul, Eli-y-otti, Elibala, Elibankie, Elibballa, Elichuzhien, Elida, Elidambage, Elidamgey, Elidammadu, Elidike, Elidikegan, Elidikke, Elidita, Elikkatu, Elilagey, Elilamgey, Elippayaru.
Full-text (+105): Kareli, Eliyotti, Elippori, Elippalai, Eliyal, Elippayaru, Elippakam, Eliyamanakku, Elikkatu, Elivilaiyan, Eliva, Eliccevi, Or-eli-ireli, Elittulaci, Elittun, Eli-kuncapul, Eli-varpantu, Elitticai, Putareli, Eli-cevitutti.
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