ಚೆಮ್ಮಳಿ

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

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   = ಚಮ್ಮಳಿಕೆ (Tbh. of ಸೈಂಹಿಕೇಯ). the dragon's tail or descending node, the ninth of the planets, considered in mythology as the body of the demon Saiṁhikēya, son of Siṁhikā, which was severed from the head of Rāhu by Viṣṇu at the churning of the ocean (ಕೇತು Śm. 17; T. ಚೆಮ್ಬಾಮ್ಬು Te. ಚಮ್ಮಿಲಿಪಾಮು a prickly eel, found on the sea-coast; cf. ಚಾ/?/).