PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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Anai-kottam 

 Angarayanallur 



Annavasal 



Ara-kattalai 



Arasalar 



Arasa-pattu 



' Anacootum' of A.S. 79. 

 The cattle-sheds at the bund. 



Kottam 



stall ? 



Arasur 



Arkad or Arukadu, 

 Anglice Arcot 



Arittuvarimangalam 

 Arusutti-pattu 



Attanur and Attur 

 Avalivainallur 



Angaraya's Nallur 

 loor of A.S. 79. 



' good-ville.' Angaranul- 



f 1 Food-port ;' anna boiled rice, and vasal a gate- 

 \ way, entrance, or port ; a place where food is 

 i distributed in charity ; often named anna-chattram 

 I and anna-salai ; also annakuppam . 



* charitable endowment,'' from aram 

 and kattalai a grant, order. 



charity, 



Avur 



Arasilaiyar ; the large river channel of the 

 Kaveri, close to Kumbakonam on the 8. side 



' "Royal place or Pipal village, from Arasu the 

 Pipal or Royal tree : cf . Tel. Rayichettu or Ragi- 

 manu. 



f = ' Kingston.'' This is another name of the 

 Royal Mannargudi 10 miles S.W. of Chidambaram, 



] to distinguish it from Mannargudi (the ' Munar- 

 <{ doody ' of A.S. 79), a few miles distant. The 

 other two places called Mannargudi, 40 miles S., 



j are distinguished as Raj a- Mannargudi, and Kattu- 



^Mannargudi, or Royal and Wild Mannargudi. 



f = Six forests (poet. Sataraniyam) ; the abode 

 of six Rishis in old times. There are several 

 places of this name in Tanjore and South Arcot 

 besides the town- of ' Arcot ' near ' Vellore ' 

 ('ApKar v fSao-'iXeiov 2£pa). One of these would 

 correspond better than that with Harkatu of Ibn 

 Batuta who reached it the first evening of his 

 march inland after landing from Ceylon appa- 

 rently on the shallow coast of Madura or Tanjore 

 (fourteenth century). 



arittu = ' green,' and vari a water-course ; the 

 ' Aratavaramangalam' of A.S. 79. 



The ' Acherdupat ' of A. S. 79. It may mean 

 River-embraced pattu (but Arusutti is also a title 

 amongst the Kallar tribe). 



4 River. village.' Attur is a common form from 

 aru a river ,_ which becomes att- or atr- in combina- 

 tion as in Attangudi =_ River-hamlet, and Attan- 

 karai = River-bank. Attur in Mayavaram Taluk 

 l^has also a Sanskrit name, Nadipura = River-town, 



1 It is she ' -Nallur. A legend to account for 

 this name is told of a man hesitating to accept his 

 espoused bride until supernaturally informed that 

 she was the right person. 



{ Cow-ville,' sl decayed town 5 miles S.W. of 

 Kumbakonam with a temple and a long legend 

 about a cow (a). May not this be the ancient 

 ■{ Abur of the map of Ancient India in Smith's 

 I Classical Atlas ? Colonel Yule suggests Amboor : 

 I but this Avur seems nearer, and if not this there 

 l^are several places in South Arcot named Amur. 



