காவல்செய்ய

kaavalseiya

, ''inf.'' To protect, to de fend. 2. ''[prov.]'' To pass a straw-rope over a heap of corn in the field, or make with it diagrams on the ground, &c., to defend the grain from demons. 3. To place an image of Ganesa (being a hand ful of moist cow-dung) on the top of a heap of corn before winnowing, as a se curity from demons.--''Note.'' If it is measured, it is deemed secure against their attack.

Miron Winslow

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