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ON THE NAMES OF 



Kondan 



Konur 



Koradacheri 

 Koraiyar 



Korukkai 



Kottagam 

 Kovalam 

 Kovilan toppu 



Kovilpattu 



KOvindagudi 



Kuchur . , 

 Kudalai-Attur 



Kudalur, 



Kudikkadu 



In combination — met, obtained ; also applied 

 to a channel, e.g., Uyyakondan, at Trichinopoly ? 

 It is also found in titles of princes, and means 

 Wearer (?) 



' Kingsville.' Ko, or Kon, is ancient Tarn, for a 

 king : cf . (Pers. Khan) . Kon is a title amongst 

 the Idaiyan or Herdsman tribes. 



Heed-river: korai, reed, coarse grass. Several 

 [ river channels of this name. 



f (Near Mayavaram) stated to mean ' short arm,' 

 referring to an image of Pillaiyar The honorable 

 son (of Siva,) with short arms ; ? Kuruku = short. 

 Korkai in Tinnevelly, Dr. Caldwell derives from 



«{ kol = slaughter, and kai = hand, and gives korkai 

 as the modern form of the old Tamil kol-kai, a 

 poetic word for an army or camp ; from this place 

 the Greeks named the gulf of Manar the " Colchic ' ' 



Igulf. 



!A tank, pond, &c, also a temple; same as 

 kottam a place, an agricultural district, &c, 

 applied to the meres or waste-water lakes in 

 . E. Tanjore. 



f A cape, headland, or a town so situate. It is 

 \ found on the coast, e.g., ' Covelong ' south of 

 j Madras, and elsewhere. " Kovalam " near Cape 

 \ Comorin. 



/ 1 Kovilan' s Tope* (Churchman's clump). Kovil a 

 \ temple, toppu= Sans, stupa a mound, clump; the 

 j initial S dropped, as in talam for stala, tan for 

 I stana, &c. 



f = ' The 10 veli of land belonging to the Temple ; 

 ! (the ' Coilpttth' frequent on A.S. 79) applied to 

 \ a temple, village, or a place belonging to a tern, 

 j pie ; pattu usually means ten (10), can it mean 

 | tithe here ? Parru or patt(r)u a parish, from parru 

 ^ == grasp, adherence, attachment, &c. 



A tamilized name of a brahman village near 

 Kumbakonam ; there is a local legend accounting 

 for the name as of Tamil origin, and not from 

 the Hindu proper name Govind ' The coiv finder? 



' ? Cot-viUe,' from kuchu a hut, a cottage of 

 leaves, &c, connected with kuchu for kurchu = 

 ' point or peak.' See Kuppam and Kurichi. 



( River-town at the confluence. Kudal signifies a 

 \ meeting, junction ; see next. 



f The place of meeting, junction, assembling, 

 | collection, &c. , commonly applied to a confluence ; 

 <J e.g., Bavani-kudal ; Kudali (of Kistna and Tum- 

 j bhadra). It is common elsewhere, applied to any 

 ^ place of meeting. 



A hamlet ; an outlying hamlet : scattered huts = 



? ' The cottages.'' See K&du. 



