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Tamilakam
Tamilakam meaning
the region of South India comprising the modern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, where Tamil was the natural language
Example sentences (3)
Onomastics helps Balakrishnan show how the place names that are common in Tamilakam (and southern India in general), find strong echoes in northwestern India even today and how often these also match names mentioned in the Sangam literature.
From there he is said to have preached the gospel throughout the Tamilakam western coast presently called as Malabar coast.
Sangam literature is primarily secular, dealing with everyday themes in a Tamilakam context.