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நிலா
nilā
moon
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nilā
moon
Tamil keeps three moons. நிலா is the soft, lingering one of lullabies, descended directly from Proto-Dravidian *nel-, intimate from its first attestation. திங்கள் is the calendrical moon, the word for the lunar month that now survives mostly as the name of Monday. சந்திரன் is the personified deity inherited through Sanskrit. The Sangam akam tradition reached for நிலவு, not திங்கள், when the moon had to bear emotional
சந்திரன் / நிலா / திங்கள் / திங்கள்
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