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thiruvaaga

திருவாக
Tamil

Beautifully, gracefully, auspiciously, divinely, sacredly.

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Meaning

This adverb describes an action performed with beauty, grace, or auspiciousness. Dancers encounter it modifying verbs that depict the divine actions or childhood leelas of deities, such as Lord Muruga's crawling. It imbues the action with a sense of sacredness and aesthetic perfection.

In the songs

  • Mayileri vilaiyaadi thiruvaaga thavazhndhuyarndhavan

    He who plays riding the peacock and gracefully crawled and grew.

    Sutri Varugudhu Vel · Madurai R. Muralidaran

  • Mayileri vilaiyaadi thiruvaaga thavazhndhuyarndhavan

    He who plays riding the peacock and gracefully crawled and grew.

    Sutri Varugudhu Vel · Madurai R. Muralidaran

  • Mayileri vilayadi thiruvaaga thavazhnthuyarnthavan

    The one who plays riding the peacock, crawling beautifully and rising high.

    Sutri Varuguthu Vel · Madurai R. Muralidharan

  • Mayileri vilayadi thiruvaaga thavazhnthuyarnthavan

    The one who plays riding the peacock, crawling beautifully and rising high.

    Sutri Varuguthu Vel · Madurai R. Muralidharan

Songs with this word

From the lyrics we hold — 2 songs.

  • Sutri Varugudhu Vel

    Madurai R. Muralidaran

    appears in 2 lines

  • Sutri Varuguthu Vel

    Madurai R. Muralidharan

    appears in 2 lines

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