''s.'' The place where a small channel branches off from a larger. 2. The head of a channel for irrigation, also the end where the water is laved out on plants.
n. < id. +. [T.talamaḍava.] 1. Head sluice of a tank, wherea small channel branches off from the mainchannel, opp. to kaṭai-maṭai; கிளைக்கால் பிரியும்முதல்மடை. 2. Course of a channel where irrigation first begins; நீர்ப்பாசனம் தொடங்கும் முதல்மடை.
