PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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Puduygri 

 -pulam 



Pulavankadu . 

 Puliyam pallam 

 Paliyan taiigal 

 Pundalamgdu . 



Pundi and Pudi 



Puttagaram 

 Puttur . . 



Puvarasuvettikkadu . . -{ 



Puvattur 

 Ragamvettikkadu 



Ragammal 



Raj a-Mannargudi 



Ramanellur 



Raramuttiraikottai 



Rasalikudikkadu 

 Rayapuram 



New lake. Pudu new, and eri a big reservoir, 

 or irrigation tank. 



a field, not uncommon, e.g., Karuppan-pulam = 

 ' black field? Nedum-pulam = ' long field? Cf, 

 . Tarn, polai, Tel. polanu, Kan. hola, a field. 



? from pulavan, a sage, philosopher, &c. 

 " Wiseman'' s wood." 



1 Tamarind-dell ' the ' Mallayamalam of A. S. 79. 

 puli = sourness. 



' Tamarind tank ' Tangal is rare in Tan j ore, but 

 common to the northward. 



prounced pundara or pundaj r a-muru (Flower* 

 garden-mound) ; see next. 



= shrubbery, garden, or grove ; from pundu or 

 pudu a plant, herb, shrub. &c, in Tanjoreand 

 northwards. In Madras coast districts, Pundi 

 is a common name for a village ; Pushpavana- 

 Isvaran the name of the local god here points to 

 . . «( pu (Tarn, equivalent for Sans, pushpa a flower) 

 for the derivation. Cf. Punthamalli (Ang. 

 " Foonamalee'' 1 ) for Puvirunthamalli ( ? vali) ; 

 pundu in Tarn. = flower, shrub. Tirupundi and 

 Tirutarupundi are so named from the Bel-tree 

 ^groves there, sacred to Siva. 



i New agr(ah)aram, ' new house'' for Pudu-agra- 

 ' { haram. 



( " New Town" Pudu or puthu = new in compn. 

 ' I putt- ; also puthiya, new. 



f 1 Portia-felled field.' Portia, the English name 

 of the Thespesia populnea, like Paras, its Dec, 

 Hind, name, is from the Tamil Puvarasu, which 

 is from pu = flower, and arasa (maram) = Raja's 

 (tree). The Pipal (Ficus religiosa) is in Tarn. 

 Arasa-, Tel. raya- or ragi-manu, royal tree, and 

 the portia is the Flowering -pipal. It is a kind of 

 hibiscus and grows freely in S. India, flourishing 

 most near the sea shore. The common English 

 w name in Madras is Tulip tree. See Vettikkadu. 



? from pu flower, and ur == village. 

 ( (prond. Ragamattikkadu) = Ragan's clearing: 

 ( vettu = cut, dig, &c. See Vettikkadu. 

 ( Proper name of a princess. Sans, raga = love, 

 ( passion, music ; ammal = lady. 

 ( Royal Mannargudi (Princes'* abode), to distin- 

 ( guish it from Kattu-Mannargudi. 

 f name of an island in the Kolladam (Coleroon) 

 \ river. 



y a corruption of some proper name perhaps Raja- 

 ( muttu-raya's fort. 



? from Irasali a large kind of hawk (? Rajali), 

 ? Raja's Town or Royal city. 



