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ON THE NAMES OF 



Pannateru 



Papanasam ' 

 of A.S. 79, 



Parancheri 



Parappaneri 



Parattai 



Para van ar 



Fr. Pannagam serpent, and tharu ? (thari for 

 Sans, dhara) = wearer = serpant -wearer = Pam- 

 ,, , ,^ani, q.v. This is one of the Negapatam ( = 

 | Nagapattanam) and Nagur cluster of serpent 

 ^ names ; near Tiruturaipundi. Cf. Painnagam. 



f For Sans. Pava-vinasam = < sin-extinction ;' 



name of a place on a branch of the Kaveri, where a 

 I legend is told of a Chola prince who made a 

 •Pdvandsi" ) pilgrimage hither and was cured of his disease 

 ! (idiotcy), and in gratitude built a temple to 

 PavavinaSasvami the remover of sins. There is 

 another Papanasam, a sacred bathing place, or 

 Tlrtham in Tinnevelly on the Tamraparni river. 



The k Praunchary ' of A.S. 79, 2 ms. E.N.E. of 

 Kumbakonam. 



? Scorpion laic ; fr. parappan a scorpion (? fr. 

 para to hurry or dart about.) 



The * Purrayta ' of A.S. 79, 2 or 3 ms. N. of 

 Kumbakonam ; ?== 1 tangled or matted locks ; ' ? for 

 scrub jungle, bush, &c. 



f A broad river channel or drainage line running 

 | from neai Vridhachalam to the sea at Cuddalore ; 

 \ perhaps once the bed of the Manimuktar which 

 | now falls into the Vellar at Kudali-attur ; paravu 

 ^signifies spread = broad. 



Paridhikottai . . 



f A fortified village named after the local deity 

 \ Paridhivanesvar from Sans. Paridhi = the sun, a 

 ' | halo, glory, disk, &c, vanam a wood, grove, &c. 

 \ and Isvar lord. 



T , tj i „ f Proper name of a (?) Jain image found in the 



Paruppar or Paluppar. . | ^ J f ^ Tanjore ^ d Tri chinopoly districts. 



ParutikSttai or 

 Paruttikkottai. 



Pattacheri or Pataacheri 



■nadi. 



Pattlsvaran 



-pattu 



Cotton (plant) fort. Parutti is not an infrequent 

 prefix to village names in the Southern portion 

 of Tan j ore. 



Common usage for a fishing village on the coast 

 of the Kaveri delta ; also patticheri. 

 i A part, division, one-half. Ten-padi = south- 

 \ em part, Vada-padi = northern part. 



f ' Lord of the fold,'' vulgarly pronounced and 

 | written Patti-yesuran the ' Tatti Yeshuran' of 

 ^ A.S. 79 ; from patti a cattle-fold, and Isvara = 

 | Lord, possessor. Pattlsvaram is a large temple near 

 Kumbakonam. 



f a common affix to place-names in Tanjore and 

 north-eastwards ; derivation uncertain. It is 

 said to signify ' attached,' ' appertaining,' or 

 ' belonging to ' as if from parru (= pattru) to seize, 

 embrace, attach, &c. The final u is mute, 

 Chengalpat (for list of -pattu met in or near Tan- 

 jore, see below). It sometimes becomes vettu 

 (improperly), e.g., Kanakkarvet for Kanakkarap- 



l^pattu, near Chidambaram. 



