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KANNAPPAN / R
One of the 63 Naayanmaars/ Saivaite saints of Tamil Nadu. His story is in Periya Puranam. His story is told to illustrate unqualified love for the Lord. Kannappar/n was a hunter who dug out his eyes to be offered to Siva at Kalahasti (kaala) shrine.
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KOCHENGAT CHOZA/N
A Choza king who was a builder of temples and is regarded as a Naayanaar. According to legend, as a spider in his previous birth, he was devoted to the Lord Siva of Tiruvanaikka/ Tiruchi and made a canopy of his web for god. There happened to be another devotee, an elephant who pulled down the canopy. In a rage the spider kept into the trunk of the elephant, who, unable to bear the consequent pain, dashed his trunk against the Jambu tree. Both elephant and spider perished. The spider was reborn as the son of Choza queen Kamalavati and came to be called Ko Cheng Kannaan / Kochengat/ one with red eyes. He built seventy temples and they are said to have protection from elephant attacks .
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KURAL- TIRUK KURAL
Kural – one of the most widely known Tamil work. It consists of 1330 COUPLETS (KURAL) and deals with ethics and morality; the aim of the book is to teach the Hindu ideals Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. Book is named Dharma Artha Kama- in Tamil Muppaal- Moksha is included in the book in 70 couplets. Dharma Artha Kama in Tamil are Aram Porul Inbam and so the book is called Muppaal. Since it contains Kural / two line stanzas it is popularly called Tiruk Kural. The author is Tiru Valluvar. Both the age of the book and the life of the author are debated. Though the Tamil Nadu government accepted the date 31 BCE for the book, linguistics show it cannot be older than fifth century CE. Famous historian K A Nilakanda Shastri and Professor Vaiyapuri Pillay place it in fifth century CE. Ancient Tamils also included it in post Sangam books called 18 smaller works.
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Kushika
Grandfather of Vishwamitra and father of Gadhi. He willingly underwent severe ordeals to serve the great Chyavana Rishi who after being pleased with Kushika’s devotion , ordained that his descendants would become brahmanas
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L WORDS ; LA words
LAGNA
Lagna (लग्न) refers to that particular sign of the zodiac which is cut by the eastern horizon at the time of one’s birth.
Lagna (लग्न) refers to an “auspicious moment”, according to the Nāradasaṃhitā verse 29.86-95
Lagna (लग्न) refers to “(being) stuck (from decapitations)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 225-226)
Lagna (लग्न) refers to the “auspicious hour (free of defects)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.39
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LAGNA PATRIKA
Lagna patrika is a Sanskrit term for a formal wedding invitation or letter of betrothal, often prepared by a priest to communicate the date, time, and venue of the ceremony. It acts as a symbolic, written commitment to the union and is used within Hindu tradition to announce the marriage.
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LAKSHMI
Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, beauty, and fertility. As the consort of Vishnu, she embodies auspiciousness and acts as his divine energy (shakti), often appearing as the mother of the universe. She is revered as a central deity symbolizing abundance and grace.
Goddess of wealth and fortune. Wife of Visnhu and mother of Kama. Also called Sri or Shree.
According to Ramayana, she sprang from the froth of ocean in full beauty with a lotus in her hand, when the milky ocean was churned by the Asuras/demons and the Devas/angels. She is called Ksheerabdi Tanayaa- daughter of ocean. because of her connection with lotus flower all the names of lotus in Indian languages became synonyms to her. Lakshmi is said to have four arms, sometimes depicted as having only two. She sits on a lotus or holds a lotus in her hand.
Lakṣhmī is depicted in three aspects and in each one her vehicle differs;
1. In sattva-guna; she accompanies Mahā Viṣṇu upon Garuda.
2. In rajo-guna; rides alone upon an elephant or sits upon a lotus.
3. In tamo-guna; rides alone upon the owl Uluka.
Aṣhṭalakshmi (அஷ்டலக்ஷ்மி) [Eight kinds of fortune or wealth personified as so many goddesses, viz., தனலக்ஷ்மி, தானி யலக்ஷ்மி, தைரியலக்ஷ்மி, வீரலக்ஷ்மி, வித்தியாலக்ஷ்மி, கீர்த்திலக்ஷ்மி, விஜயலக்ஷ்மி, ராஜ்யலக்ஷ்மி. [Dhana, Dhanya, Dairya, Veera, Vidhya, Keerti, Vijaya, Rajya Lakshmi forms are shown in many Tamil Temples.]
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Lanka
Island od of Ceylon or its capital city. The city is described in the Valmiki Ramayana as of vast extent and of great magnificence, with seven broad moats and seven stupendous walls of metal and stone. It is said to have been built of gold by Vishwakarma for the residence of Kuvera/ Kubera, from whom it was taken by Ravana. When Ravana abducted Sita, her husband Rama built an ocean bridge to Lanka from Tamil Nadu and invaded Lanka. At the end of a big fight Ravana was killed by Rama. Now the island is called Sri Lanka.
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Lavana
A Rakshasa, son of Madhu by Kumbhinasi. He inherited from his father an invincible trident which had been presented to him by Siva. He was surprised without his weapon and killed by Satrugna. Lavana was the king of Mathura and Satrughna succeeded him.
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LAKSHMANA
1) Lakshmana was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana. Within a number of Hindu traditions Lakshmana is considered to be an avatar, in a secondary form to Rama’s main appearance. In some Hindu traditions he is worshiped as an avatar of Shesha. The name may also be written as Lakshman or Laxman.
Lakshmana is the twin brother of Shatrughna, born in Ayodhya to Sumitra, the third wife of Dasharatha, king of Kosala. Thus, Rama is the eldest, Bharata is the second, Lakshmana is the third, and Shatrughna is the youngest of the four brothers. Despite being the twin of Shatrughna, Lakshmana is specially attached to Rama, and the duo are inseparable. When Rama married Sita, Lakshmana married the younger sister of Sita named Urmila. He accompanied Rama when he was banished to forest for 14 years.
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LAKSHAM
One hundred thousand in Sanskrit and Indian languages.
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LATA DESA
Lāṭadeśa (लाटदेश) (or Lāṭa) is the name of an ancient country whose king Lāṭeśa was conquered by Kesarin of the Śulkī royal family possibly identified with the Eastern Chālukya dynasty according to Chakravarti.—The Lāṭa country alluded to here may be taken to correspond roughly to the central and southern Gujarāt. This region was included in the principality of Kheṭakamaṇḍala, i.e., modern Kaira and parts of Ahmedabad District. In the time of Kṛṣṇa II the province was recovered by him from a collateral Rāṣṭrakūṭa family and remained within the empire of the Rāṣṭrakūṭas of Malkhed.
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LAVA KUCHA/N- see Kucha under K
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LAXMANA– only son of Duryodhana and Bhanumathi; a fearless warrior; on the 12th day of Mahabharata war he was killed by Abhimanyu.
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LAXMANAA- daughter Duryodhana and Bhanumati. She was abducted by Samba, Krishna’s son. At first Duryodhana objected to this match and imprisoned Samba but later at the instance of Balarama he was released and was married to Laxmanaa.
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Tags-HINDU DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH AND TAMIL 52; இந்து மத கலைச்சொல் அகராதி, Part 52, K words, L words, Kural, Lagna, Lakshmana









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