Where does “தென்காசி” come from?

தென்காசி (Tamil) comes from Tamil காசி, from Sanskrit ^काशि.

தென்காசி (Tamil): the capital city of the later Pandyas

Definitions

  1. the capital city of the later Pandyas

Ancestry of “தென்காசி”, step by step

தென்காசி traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tamil காசி

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilகாசிon the bank of the Ganga river; and the favourite city of the Hindu deity Shiva
2Sanskrit^काशि—

via Tamil தென்

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilதென்south, southern

Words derived from “தென்காசி”

Every word from Sanskrit ^काशि →Every word from Tamil காசி →