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ON THE NAMES OF 



Kandutan pattu 

 Kangaiyan Kurichi 



Kannanar 



Kanni 



Kapistalam 



Karaiyanpatti .. 



Karakkottai 

 Karakkurichi . , 



Karaikal . . 



Karaimedu 



Karupptir 



Kasturiyammal 



Kattalai 



Kattirinattam . . 

 Kattu-Mannargudi 



. . See Pattu. 



(There are several places named Kangaiyan. 

 Kangayam was one of the seats of the Chera 

 Kingdom near Coimbatore. Kangaiyam = gold. 



f ? Kannan's (river) -channel. A watercourse 

 •* \ S.S.E. of the delta. 



I A small channel for irrigation purposes, a canal 

 channel ; cf . Eng. kennel a channel. Sans. Khan = 

 dig, excavate. 



( (on the Kaveri) monkey place, from Sans. Kapi 

 ' ' { (Gr. Kritros) an ape ; and sthalam a station, place. 



{ ( White-ant hamlet,' from Karaiyan white-ants ; 

 , . ; and patti a fold, a village of herdsmen. Karaiyan 7 



( is a rather common prefix S. of the Kaveri Delta. 



/ from Karai mortar, paste, cement ? = 1 masonry 

 " [fort: 



,. Masonry hamlet? 



C See 1 Carikal.' The French town on the Coro- 

 | mandel coast (Choramandalam) between Tranque- 

 . ^ bar and Negapatam ; ? from Karai = masonry, and 

 I kal a channel ; but there seems to have been a 

 ^Chola prince of this name. 



( * Shore mound,' from Karai a shore, bank, &c, 

 ' \ and medu a mound. 



f or Karpur, there are several places of this name 

 in Tan j ore ; said to be so named from a legend of 

 certain Eishi's wives having been seduced by Siva. 

 <( Karu signifies pregnancy ; also a magical prepara- 

 tion to fascinate or injure a person. Perhaps 

 " shrine town" from S. Garbha (Tarn. Karuppam) 

 [jl shrine, womb. 



f 1 Musk-lady,' The name of a Tanjore Rajah's 

 | wife or mistress, to whom this place was granted. 

 -\ Grants made to courtesans are common ; seven were 

 | mentioned on the road from Tanjore to Mannar- 

 (^gudi. Ammal = lady, mother, goddess. 



r pronounced and sometimes written kat'lai, ? a 

 grant. It ordinarily signifies an order, charge, 

 appointment ; a (brick) mould ; but is commonly 

 applied in Tanjore to a certain plot of land 

 (? 1 messuage''). 5 or 6 miles E. of Kumbhakonam 

 ' ] there are, or once were, 7 places called Kattalai, 

 distinguished as first, second, &c. Mudal, 

 Rendan, Munan-, Nalan-, Aran, and Elan-, or 

 seventh kattalai assigned for the seven services 

 l^of the great temple. 



( 1 Brinjdl plantation ; ' kattari the egg plant, 



\ Solanum melongena. 



( 1 Jungle- Manndrgudi,'' to distinguish it from 

 \ Raja-Mannargudi. 



7 Karaiyan = a man of a shore-dwelling tribe ; but these places are not 

 now on the coast. 



