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Re:Tamil Bell by shripadk on Friday March 24, 2017 @08:12AM (#13948353)
Interesting! I always thought "Mani" mean't "Gems". At least in Sanskrit Mani is a Bead/Gem.
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Re:Tamil Bell by vram22 on Friday March 24, 2017 @03:03PM (#13951348)
Well, the GP was talking about Tamil, not Sanskrit. Tamil is one of the few Indian languages which does not have (much of a) Sanskrit influence (not sure about the languages of the North-Eastern states). Also I've read that Tamil is an extremely old language, maybe as old as Sanskrit or so / more.

Bell in Hindi is घंटी (ghanti).

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Re:Tamil Bell by sharmi on Friday March 24, 2017 @09:07AM (#13948631)
It means both :) . It can take on either meaning based on the context.
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