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f Fr. Si for Sans. Sri holy, and pili or puli 

 | a tiger. There is a legend of a tiger having done 

 . <{ worship to the deity (Siva) here. Vyaghrapada = 

 | ' Tigerfooted ' is the name of the original Kishi 

 (^of Chidambaram. 



f The ' Thennet Solatrum ' of A.S. 79 = Chola- 



\ land ; taram may be for tarai land, or shortened 

 from Sthalam a place, station ; thus Tarn, taram = 

 talam = sthalam. The initial S is very usually 



, dropped, as in thana for sthana, and many 

 ' ^ others. Cf. Lat. tellus and terra. The ' Thennet ' 

 is unexplained unless it be for Ten-chola-taram 

 = Southern- Chola-land. It is south of the 

 Vellar river and there are signs of a town 



t, having existed in the vicinity formerly. 



f The name of Fort St. David (Welsh Davy) 

 . | " Cuddalore," is perhaps from the early English 

 . ) names of this place. There are traditions of a 

 . { great seaport town having formerly existed, near 

 . j this place called Devanapattanam or Devanamp. 



I^for Devanayagan-pattanam. 



(' Godston? Tevan is a common title amongst 

 the Maravar tribe, and is frequently assumed by 

 the Rajahs, Nayaks, and Poligars of South India. 



/ At mouth of Kolladam river, ? a mistake for 

 . } Divu or Tlvukottai, but there is Dgvipattanam on 

 ( the coast, and Cholama^i inland. 



f ' Isle fort. ' Divu or tlvu is the Tamil form 

 | of the Sans, dvipa an island (dvi + ap two waters, 

 . ^ cf . do-ab, land between two rivers) ; this name 

 j indicates a delta formation at the mouth of the 

 ^Kolladam river. 



f a big irrigation tank, or reservoir ; a sheet of 



j water ; a common affix ; £rpu = ascent ; eni 

 a ladder ; enthal = highness, &c. also applied to a 

 tank, same as tahgal a pond, or tank fr. tangu 

 support, bear up, &c. Also cf. erru (Sttru) = 



^ raise, lift, and erram (vulg. yettam) a water 

 * lift = Tel. etamu ; and ettu = lift, height, &c. 

 Kan. eri a tank bund, fr. eru ascend, rise. Tarn, 

 er = plough (Lat. arare to plough, raise by 

 tillage), ? because it raises the soil, Gr. apSw, cf. 

 Gr. alpoo — I raise, lift up, bear, &c, Lat. orior,- 



(.ire. Eri = water retained at a high level. 



! 'Buffalo fiat: The < Arwnapadda' of A.S. 

 79 from Erumai a buffalo, and padugai, a low 

 lying tract near a river or tank, where the cattle 

 are collected after grazing. 



!? < cattle pen 'or " dungyard ; " fr. eru cattle 

 (cf. erumai = buffalo), or eru manure, cowdung , 

 and vadi enclosure, yard. 

 ( for Gandharva Kottai. The Gandharvas were 

 j demigods, celestial bards, who defeated the 

 . <( Nagas, q.v. The name of a small estate of a Telugu 

 | Zamindar, S. of Tan j ore, in the vicinity of the 

 ^numerous Naga places mentioned. 



