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Definition of Kolam
1. Noun. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kolam
Literary usage of Kolam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts by Horace Hayman Wilson, Colin Mackenzie (1828)
"... and 4 due* rani kolam determined in order that nothing might obstruct, or
interrupt the Daily Business on that account, ..."
2. Chota Nagpore, a Little-known Province of the Empire by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt (1903)
"General kolam.1—A Dravidian tribe residing principally in the notice of ...
Their dress is similar, but the kolam women wear fewer ornaments, ..."
3. Travels in Nubia by John Lewis Burckhardt (1822)
"He now found himself obliged by wayward circumstances, to return to kolam in ...
From China he returned back to Java, kolam, and Calicut; from thence to ..."