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Cam means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Cham.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cam (啶氞ぎ啷�).鈥擺(u) camu] r. 1st and 5th cls. (camati, camnoti) To eat, to drink, to take any thing into the mouth, as food, whether solid or liquid. With 腻峁� prefixed, (腻肠腻尘补迟颈) To sip as water With vi, (vicamati) To eat. bhv腻-pa-saka-se峁� sv腻di v腻.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cam (啶氞ぎ啷�).鈥� i. 1; ii. 5, [Parasmaipada.] To sip.

鈥� With the prep. 腻腻 base of the pres. etc., c腻ma 1. To sip water, [R腻m腻ya峁嘺] 2, 52, 73. 2. To rinse one鈥檚 mouth, i. e. to make one鈥檚 ablution, [M腻navadharma艣腻stra] 2, 61. 3. To swallow figuratively, Mah腻bh腻rata 5, 2978 (the horses swallowed the way, i. e. finished it very quickly). Ptcple. of the pf. pass. 腻-c腻nta in active sense, One who has rinsed his mouth, [M腻navadharma艣腻stra] 3, 251. Ptcple. of the fut. pass., 腻-caman墨ya n. Water for rinsing the mouth with, Mah腻bh腻rata 3, 13662. Causal, c腻maya To cause to sip, [M腻navadharma艣腻stra] 5, 241.

鈥� With pary腻 pari-腻, pary腻c腻nta (viz. anna food), One who has rinsed his mouth too early (without waiting the end of a meal), [M腻navadharma艣腻stra] 4, 212.

鈥� With sam腻 sam-腻 To make one鈥檚 ablution, Mah腻bh腻rata 13, 5063.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cam (啶氞ぎ啷�).鈥�c腻mati & camati sip, drink.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cam (啶氞ぎ啷�):鈥擺class] 1. mati (perf. cac腻ma [Aorist] 补肠补尘墨迟, [Vopadeva]; [Passive voice] acami, [ib.]),

鈥攖o sip, drink, [Nirukta, by Y腻ska x, 12; Bha峁弓i-k腻vya; Jaimini iii, 5, 22 [Scholiast or Commentator]];

鈥攖o eat, [Bha峁弓i-k腻vya xiv, 53] : [Vedic or Veda] [class] 5. camnoti, [Dh腻tup腻峁環a xxvii, 27] :鈥擺Causal] c腻mayati, [xix, 69] (cf. 腻, anv-腻-; pary腻-c腻nta, sam-腻-camya.)

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cam (啶氞ぎ啷�):鈥擺(-u, na) camnoti] 5. a. To eat; to chew. With 腻 prefixed, to sip.

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cam (喈氞喁�) noun < 艣补尘. A Sanskrit word meaning prosperity 鈥� used as a prefix, as in 喈氞畽喁� 喈曕喈┼瘝; 喈掂疅喈瘖喈脆喈む瘝喈む瘖喈熰喈苦喁� 喈む瘖喈熰畷喁嵿畷喈む瘝喈む喈侧瘝喈氞瘉喈曕喁� 喈瘖喈班瘉喈赤喈侧瘝喈掂喁佮喁� 喈掂疅喈氞瘖喈侧瘝. (喈囙喈曕瘝喈曕喈畾喁� 喈氞瘖喈侧瘝喈侧畷喈班喈む) [sang karan; vadamozhithodarin thodakkathil sugap porulil varum vadasol. (ilakkiyas sollagarathi)]

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Cam (喈氞喁�) particle < sam. A Sanskrit particle meaning completeness, abundance or excellence 鈥� used as prefix, as in 喈氞喁嵿喁嬥喈瘝; 喈ㄠ喈编瘓喈掂瘉喈喈曕瘉喈む 喈氞喈编喁嵿喁� 喈瘉喈む喈苦 喈瘖喈班瘉喈赤喈侧瘝喈掂喁佮喁� 喈掂疅喈瘖喈脆喈喈熰瘓喈氞瘝喈氞瘖喈侧瘝. [santhosham; niraivu miguthi sirappu muthaliya porulilvarum vadamozhiyidais sol.]

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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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