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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: HAL: Forerunners of Cōḻa meykkīrttis

It is commonly supposed that the meykkīrtti genre was invented under Rājarājacōḻa I (r. ca 985-1014) with his famous panegyric beginning with the words tirumakaḷ pōla and appearing from his 8th regnal year onwards. Meykkīrttis are found mostly at the beginning of stone inscriptions, less often in copper plates. They consist in versified subordinate clauses dependent upon the name of a king, itself generally dependent on an internal date, and are composed in Tamil.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Meykkīrtti (மெய்க்கீர்த்தி) [mey-kīrtti] noun < idem. +.

1. Fame; புகழ். [pugazh.] Colloq.

2. A poem detailing the geneology and achievements of a king, with a prayer for his long life and his queen’s and a mention of his proper name and regnal year; அரசனது புகழ் வரலாறுகளைக் கூறி, அவன் தேவி யுடன் வாழ்க என்று வாழ்த்தி, அவன் இயற்பெயருடன் ஆட்சிவருடத்தைக் கூறும் பாடல்வகை. [arasanathu pugazh varalarugalaig kuri, avan thevi yudan vazhka enru vazhthi, avan iyarpeyarudan adsivarudathaig kurum padalvagai.] (பன்னிருபாட்டியல் [pannirupattiyal] 311).

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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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Partial matches: Mey, Kirti.

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