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ON THE NAMES OF 



Kegapatam^) on the coast as far inland as Trickinopoly. 



Nagapattanam has only recently lost a last Buddhist or Jaina 



relic, in the removal by French Jesuits of the old so-called 



" Jain Pagoda." 



(4.) The serpent names are as follows : — Nagai, Nagakkudi, 



NagalfLr, 4 Nagalpundi, 4 Nagamangalam (bis), 

 Serpent names. _ . _'_ . ___ 



JN aganatnasanu, JNaganti, JNagapattanam, 



Nagarasapuram, Nagattur, Nagosvaram, and Nagur (bis), also 



Pamani, Pambanodai, and Pannateru. 



(5.) The sacred tree names are : — Alangudi, Alattur, AraSur, 



Sacred tree Atti-, Atti, JTadambiir, Tolas aipattanam, Vanni- 

 names. pattu, Vembugudi, and Vilvanur, $c, fyc. 



(6.) The religion of the masses of the people is shown in the 

 following : — Aiyanar, Amman, Kali, Kattan, 



Local lehgion. Ratteri, Mari, Naga, Perumal, Pidari, Pillai- 

 yar, Sattan, Sivan ; but there is an apparent absence of the devil 

 (Pey) worship that is common amongst the lowest tribes of the 

 south, the Sanars for instance. Asura, Pakshasa, Pisacha have 

 been banished by a higher civilization. 



III. — Common Place-names. 

 (7.) The village names of common folk are not peculiar to 

 Common village Tanjore, but are much the same as in the 



names. adjacent districts, the commonest are — Cheri, 



Kudi, Pattu, Pettai, ur, veli, &c. 



(8.) The preponderance of an agricultural over a military 

 Absence of the population is shown by the absence of Kottai 



military classes. (Fort) and Palayam (Fief), which are only 



or chiefly found outside the delta. 



Nayakkan and Eaja names are scarce but Arasa is common. 

 (9.) The absence of wild aboriginal and pastoral tribes is 

 Absence of wild shown by the absence of their names so 



tribes. common in the adjacent provinces, such as 



Idaiyan, Kadaiyan. Kurumban, Kuravan, Ottan, Paraiyan, 



Paravan, Valaiyan, Vedan, &c. 



* These names may perhaps he traced to the Tamil Nahgal, a plough. — G. O. 



