Punanatu, Puṉaṉāṭu: 1 definition
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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconPuṉaṉāṭu (புனனாடு) noun < புனல்¹ [punal¹] + காடு. [kadu.]
1. The Cōḻa country; சோழநாடு. (பிங்கலகண்டு) பொன்னி யெந்நாளும் பொய்யா தளிக்கும் புனனாட்டு [sozhanadu. (pingalagandu) ponni yennalum poyya thalikkum punanattu] (பெரியபுராணம் சண்டேசு. [periyapuranam sandesu.] 1.)
2. A region where koṭun-tamiḻ was spoken, one of 12 koṭun-tamiḻ-nāṭu, q.v.; கொடுந்தமிழ்நாடு பன்னிரண்டனுள் ஒன்று [kodunthamizhnadu pannirandanul onru] (நன். [nan.] 273, உரை. [urai.])
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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