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ON THE NAMES OF 



Gangai-konda-chola- 

 puram. 



Gopal-samudram 

 Govindagudi . . 



Gudalur 



Ilan-kadu 



Inipp iriy a vattam 

 Inji-kollai 



-iruppu 



Jayankondacholapuram 

 or Jaiyankandachola- 

 puram. 



Kachaa pallam . . 



Kadagam 

 Kadalangudi 



Kadambur 

 Kadu 



lake. — The name Gopal occurs 

 ee Samuttiram. 



C = City of Gangai-konda cJiola, now called Gangai- 

 | kondapuram ' Water, got toion.'' A decayed place 

 J with a grand old Siva temple, going to ruin, 

 j It is like the Great Temple at Tanjore, perhaps 

 j grander ; is said to have been the capital of a 

 l^Chola king? Gangakonda Chola. 



f = Cowherd'' s 

 \ several times. 



f one of a cluster of cow-names, near Avur 

 j (cow town) . An explanation offered at the place 

 ' was that a sacred cow (go) strayed there (vanda 

 == came) : but the name Govind occurs again 

 (^once or twice in the district. 



f 1 Cuddalore ' of the English residents. Kudalur 

 means 1 Meeting town,' being at the confluence of the 

 Gedilam or Gadilam and Paravanar rivers with 

 each other and the sea. It is a common name 

 «^ in S. India ; there are several in Tanjore of less 

 | note. Kudal, or Kudali, is a common name for a 

 I town at the confluence of two rivers : as for 

 | instance Kudalai-attur, at the junction of the 

 ^Manimuktar with the Vellar. 



f Ilaiya, Ila = young, and Kadu = wood, jungle : 

 ! several instances. Sans, name Balavanam, both 

 | mean ' young wood.' The Government official 

 l^name of one is Rajagiri, but there are several. 



' Eneepeereavallam ' of A.S. 79. See Vattam. 



' Green ginger field? 



a residence, abode, dwelling ; a common suffix, 

 as in Kudiyiruppu = dwelling house, habitation ; 

 a hamlet : from iru sit, be, remain. 



C i Jahenkoodasolapuram' of A.S. 79. The 

 | town of Jayankonda-Chola, a taluk town in N.E. 

 •{ Trichinopoly. There are some old Jaina images 

 | here : one called Palappar (Pazhappar) still 

 [_ respected by a few Savunar folk. 



f Kacha-hollow, or dale. The Kacha shrub, 

 j Memecylon tinctorium, grows wild freely in South 



■{ India and fills the jungles. Kachan-bakkam, K. 

 | kad, K. kottai, K. kurichi, &c. are common in 



\ South Arcot District and on the bordersof Tanjore. 



( = ' a bracelet,' ' ring;' another village is 

 \ called Kappur from Kappur a bangle. 



(From kadal the sea, several places so called 

 from the sea having formerly reached them in a 

 , storm ; though now some distance inland. 



f From Kadambu a flowering tree (? Eugenia 

 \ racemosa) sacred to the god Skanda. 



/ A wilderness, jungle, unfilled field, thicket, 

 ) wild, forest ; Arkkadu (Arcot) ; as prefix Kattu, 

 j Kattu Mannargudi, Kaduvettau, &c. (q.v.) Kadu 

 \ is rare in the delta but common bevond. For cleri- 



