a collection of ancient Tamil devotional songs in praise of Śiva.

= ತೆವರು2.

one's husbanḍs brother; a woman's brother-in-law.

one's wife's brother; a man's brother-in-law.

= ದೇವರು.

= ತೆವರು2.

= ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ.

the frontage of a house.

a room or hall before the entrance to a house.

any of various water lilies, esp. a) Nymphaea lotus of Nymphaeaceae family; the white lotus; b) its white flower; c) Nelumbo nucifera (= Nelumbium speciosum) of the same family; d) its pink or white lotus, used as a religious symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism.

persons related to oneself by one's birth.

the village, town where one was born.

a place of shelter; one's house.

one's (esp. a woman's) parent's house.

(fig.) a place of origin; source.

(pl.) the three mythological cities destroyed by Śiva.