No. 47. — 1896.] place names in the vanni. 



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Mayilan/^ 



Nantif 



Navanan 



ETayina 



Nitchinkar 



Palan 



Pandaram 



Panriyan 



Chankattar 



Chetty with hairknot 



Chonakan 



Kollan 



Kumaran 



Kurukka| 



Navitan 



Oddan 



Odavi 



Paddankaddi 



Panikkan 



Pandari 



Paddanichchi 



Paraiyan 



Paranki 



Parikari 



Peyadi 



Piramanan 



Pulavan 



Sastiri 



Tachchan 



Taddan " 



Talaiyan 



Tevar 



Yalaiyan 



Yalliyar 



Yannan 



Yedar 



Yenkalaehcheddi 



Pattiniyar 

 Podunkan 

 Pokkar 

 Putar 

 PuvaniJ 

 Tavasi 

 Tirumeni 

 Umaiyar 



IY. — Castes, &c. 



. Buddhist priest 

 . (Kudumpicheddi) 

 . Moorman 

 . Blacksmith 

 . Prince 



. Priest (non-Brahmin) 



. Barber 



, Tank-digger 



, Carpenter 



. Fisher headman 



, Elephant-catcher 



Treasurer (?) 



Afghan (Pathan ?) woman 



Pariah 



Portuguese 

 , Medical man 



Devil-dancer 



Brahmin 



Poet, sage 



Astrologer 



Carpenter 



Goldsmith 



Toddy-drawer 

 God 



Hunter who uses a net 



Shepherd 



Dhoby 



Hunter 



" Brass " Chetty 



UmaichchiJ 

 Yaikali 

 Yairavar 



Yari, the Nalava caste 



man 

 Yarikkuddi 

 Yavuniyan§ 

 Yinasi, the Chetty 



* Mr. Parker makes this Monara-wewa, "the peacock tank," taking 

 Mayil to be peacock. But there is a proper name Mayilan. 



f Nanti was one of the original Tamil settlers mentioned in the 

 Kalveddn. 



| Names of women. Umaichchai is mentioned in the Kalveddu. which 

 gives an account of the colonization of the Yanni by the Tamils. 

 § Yavuniyan is said to have been a Yanni chief of the last century. 



