kaḻal

kaḻal Eva Wilden

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noun anklet for a male, warrior’s anklet villōṉ kālaṉa kaḻal-ē On the feet of the bowman there are anklets. 7, line 1 tiruntu kaḻal nōṉ tāḷ taṇ niḻalēm-ē we in the cool shade of [his] sturdy feet with perfect anklets 397, line 27 anklet worn by a woman 30.28 oḷ nutal makaḷir kaḻaloṭu maṟukum where women with bright foreheads walk with [warriors’] anklets 23.9 valak kāl puṉai kaḻal kaṭṭiṉum although [she] tied an anklet for wearing on the right leg This second meaning appears to remain rare and is not found in the earliest layers 0f the corpus (see commentarial gloss on 30.28). metonymy for the foot as a taboo metaphor for the deity to be worshipped iṉṟu-ē kaḻal kaṇṭēṉ ēḻ piṟappu-um yāṉ aṟuttēṉ Today I saw the anklets [on Viṣṇu’s feet]; all seven births I cut off. 2, line 1 toe ring 12.23f. iṭu puṇar vaḷaiyoṭu toṭu tōḷ vaḷaiyar / kaṭṭuvaṭa+ kaḻaliṉar maṭṭu mālaiyar [girls] with with armlets tight on [their] upper arms along with bangles to be put [and] combined, / with toe-rings(?) [and] anklets(?), with honey garlands kaṭṭuvaṭam is an isolated occurrence in the early corpus (Pondicherry index); Parimēlaḻakar glosses it as kaṭṭuvaṭattōṭu kāṉmōtirattar, which suggests he understood kaḻal here as a kind of toe-ring and kaṭṭuvaṭam as not in need of an explanation. sandal kaḻaliṉ cem tāmarai yaṭikaḷ pulli embracing [his] read lotus feet like [his] sandals Cīvakacintāmaṇi 1648.1 The meaning of sandal so far is corroborated only by the two nikaṇṭu entries on ceruppu ( 8.170 ~ 20.613) which list kaḻal among the synonyms. sociativenounnounpluraladjectivepronominalised nounmasculine singularpronominalised nounmasculine singularpronominalised nounmasculine singularpronominalised nounsingularsecond personpronominalised nounmasculine singular1972 [1779]Tamil and English Dictionary (Fabricius)p. 2141862A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary (Winslow)p. 263p. 2641928 [1902]Tamiḻmoḻiyakarāti (Katiraivēṟ Piḷḷai)p. 407p. 16531924–1936Tamil Lexicon (University of Madras)p. 7981992Kriyāviṉ taṟkālat Tamiḻ akarātip. 270 ad 3.15 poṉṉāl ceyyappaṭṭa vīrakkaḻal The word kaḻal as meaning "anklet" is not glossed by commentators as it is regarded as the normal and frequent one. ad 30.28 maṇaṟkōṭu koṇṭeṉṟatu maṇaṟkōṭṭai kaḻalāṭutaṟku iṭamākak koṇṭeṉṟavāṟu. iṉik kaḻaleṉṟataṉaik kaḻalaiyuṭaiya talaimakaṉkālākki akkāloṭu talaimakaḷir puṇarntu uṭaṉpōm eṉparumuḷar. Here the commentator points out that a man's anklet on occasion can be worn by a woman. Cāminātaiyar, U. Vē., ed. 1935. Puṟanāṉūṟu mūlamum uraiyum. Ceṉṉai: Lā Jarṉal Accukkūṭam. ark:/13960/t5dc0n26b