Nayanar, N膩yan膩r, N膩ya峁壞乺: 4 definitions
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaN膩yan膩r (啶ㄠぞ啶え啶距ぐ啷�).鈥擳he protagonists of Southern 艢aivism are known as N膩yan膩rs while those of Vai峁ａ箛avism are called 膧lv膩rs.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
: Wikipedia: India HistoryN膩ya峁壞乺 (喈ㄠ喈喈距喁�) is another name for Valluvar (or Thiruvalluvar)鈥攁n Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukku峁焌岣�, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature. Thiruvalluvar (or N膩ya峁壞乺) is believed to have lived at least in the town of Mylapore (a neighbourhood of the present-day Chennai), and his floruit is dated variously from fourth century BCE to early fifth century CE, based on the traditional accounts and the linguistic analyses of his writings.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusN膩yan膩r (嗖ㄠ簿嗖波嗖距舶喑�):鈥擺noun] any of the sixty three ancient ardent 艢aiva devotees who spread 艢aivism in Tamil Nadu.
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 LexiconN膩ya峁壞乺 (喈ㄠ喈喈距喁�) noun < idem. [Malayalam: 苍腻测补苍腻谤.]
1. Lord, master; 喈む喁堗喈班瘝. [thalaivar.]
2. God; 喈曕疅喈掂瘉喈赤瘝. 喈囙喁� 喈ㄠ喈喈距喁嵿畷喁嵿畷喁佮喁� 喈む喈班瘉喈掂喈熰瘓喈喈熰瘝喈熰喈距畷 [kadavul. in nayanarkkuth thiruvidaiyattamaga] (S. I. I. i, 68, 80).
3. 艢iva; 喈氞喈掂喁嗋喁佮喈距喁�. [sivaperuman.] (喈む畷喁嵿畷喈喈曕喁嵿喈班喈� 喈畷喁�. [thakkayagapparani pag.] 344.)
4. Father; 喈む喁嵿喁�. 喈ㄠ喈喈距喁� 喈瘚喈┼喈距喁� 喈囙喁嵿喁嗋喁嵿喁� 喈呧畷喈む瘝喈む喈侧瘉喈赤瘝喈赤瘚 喈班瘑喈侧瘝喈侧喈班瘉喈權瘝 喈曕瘋喈编 喈呧喁佮喈喈┼瘝喈瘉 [thanthai. nayanar ponanal inrenru agathilullo rellarung kuri azhuthapinpu] (喈氞瘈喈掂畷喈氞喈ㄠ瘝喈む喈喈� [sivagasindamani] 2097, 喈夃喁� [urai]).
5. Title of canonized 艢aiva saints; 喈氞喈掂喈熰喈喈班瘝. [sivanadiyar.]
6. Title of certain castes, as Cai峁塧r, Kaikk艒岣穉r, U峁璦iyar and a section of V膿岣纺佱阜ar; 喈氞喈� 喈氞喈む喈喈班喈┼瘝 喈疅喁嵿疅喈瘝喈瘑喈喁�. [sila sathiyarin pattappeyar.]
7. See 喈む喈班瘉喈掂喁嵿喈侧喈班瘝喈氞喈む瘝喈む喈班喁�喁佮喈班瘝 [thiruvalluvar], 1.
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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Starts with: Nayanaraka, Nayanarasayana, Nayanarokam.
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