1847.] 



Addendum. 



4^ 



Udiyar, with his own force, coming to Cesari, discomfited those chiefs, 

 and wholly beating them, he thence came to Seringapatam : as all the 

 forces were with Vencatapati-raya, a few people stealthily entered 

 by way of the towers ; and subsequently Raya-Udiyar entering took 



possession of the fort, Saca year 1531, in Saumya 

 S.S. 1531, A. B. year, when the kingdom came into possession of 



the Raya-Udiyar of the Mysore race of kings. 



ADDENDUM. 



I have been reminded, by the way while writing these notes, 

 that a stanza in the Nigandu (a Tamil versified Dictionary) 

 defines the epithet Cheran (vide Introduction), a.s a title which 

 applies to the rajas of Tiruvanchi (Travancore) of Codugu 

 (Coorg) and of the Malay ala country proper : that is, as I take 

 it, of North Travancore and Wynaad, near which was the 

 Southern end of Kerala, when distinguished from Chera-desa. 

 Col. Wilks (voh l,p. 8,) on what authority is not mentioned, 

 states — " Cheran united Kangiam and Salem, to the dominions 

 of Kerala, or Malabar." 



The use of the Brahmanical reckoning in Carnata and Te- 

 lingana introduced to this Manuscript is not, to the best of my 

 knowledge, usual in Tamil documents. The Tamil language 

 retains its own proper solar reckoning ; antecedent to the influx 

 of Brahmans from the North ; but it has adopted the cycle of 

 60 years. The name of the cycle year is generally given ; 

 and sometimes the Saca year. The latter is not to be received 

 implicitly, even when clearly given ; but a reason for dissent 

 should always be shown. The Tamil solar year begins with 

 the Pongal-iQTi^i ; the northern Brahmanical year begins with 

 the middle of April. The addition of the lunar months, and 

 asterisms, and days of the moon's age, give intricacy, some- 

 times approaching to confusion. Hence I have referred more 

 than once to a table at the end. Let the Tamil reckoning be 

 first distinctly cleared. The cycle years common to both modes 



