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கடவுள்
kaṭavuḷ
god
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kaṭavuḷ
god
கடவுள் is, almost uniquely among the world's major god-words, a transparent etymological theology. கட (to cross, to be beyond) + உள் (inside, interior). The one who crosses everything and yet is inside everything. Where Sanskrit deva names the bright one and Latin deus the sky-father, Tamil names a metaphysical structure. The Old Kannada cognate kaḍavaḷ confirms the form is native Dravidian. Sanskrit's தேவன், பகவான்,
கடவுள், இறைவன், தேவன், ஈஸ்வரன் / கடவுள், தெய்வம் / கோ / ஆண்டவன்
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