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Rendankattalai 

 Rettavayal 



Saliyamangalam 



Samuttiram 



Santai-pettai 

 Saraiigapani 



Sattambadi 

 Sattanur 



Sattanur 

 Sattivilagam 



Sattiyamangalam 

 Savunar 



Sekal .. .. 



Sembangudi 

 Sendirakadaivallam 



ON THE NAMES OF 



( 1 second grant? one of the seven katt'lai villages 

 \ 6 ms. E. of Kumbhakonam. See Kattalai. 



(Perhaps for Irattavayal = double-field ; rendu 

 is the vulgar usage for irandu two, and rettayana 

 for irattayana double. 



{also named Achuthapuram, a Railway Station, 

 South Indian Railway. There is a local tradition 

 of Salivahana as founder : but the name is more 

 probably derived from Saliyar iveavers. 



Tarn, form of the Sans. Samudra or Samundar, 

 a lake, large sheet of water, the sea, ocean ; from 

 Sans. Sam = together with = gathering, collec- 

 ^ tion, meeting, and Sans, uda and udra = water. 

 I Gr. vdwp, Lat. unda and udus, Gothic Vato, Lith. 

 I wandu = water. Cf. wet, exude, sweat. Slav. 

 (_woda, Esthonwott, &c. 



!' Fair-town ' or * Market street, ' a weekly market 

 place or periodical bazaar, from santi to meet, 

 meeting, (Sans, sandha), and pettai, q.v. 



I a name of Vishnu at Kumbhakonam as ' the 

 bow-man ;' Sarnga a bow, and pani the hand, 

 ' Boivarmed. ' 



I ? Sattan's (== Ayanar's) place; padi a row, 

 \ hamlet. Sans. Sasta = teacher. 



( (common) Sattan a popular tutelary god, better 

 ( known as Ayanar ; see last. . 



!in one instance near Tan j ore it is said to be 

 short for Savittriyammal, a Nayakan princess, 

 who founded it. 



j ? for Chetti, or for Satti power, prowess ; 

 [ vilagam = field of battle (vilasam = pleasaunce) . 

 f the " ChetMhemangalum" of A.S. 79 = 1 Real- 

 j prosperity ' from Sans. Satya, true, genuine ; and 

 ^ mangalam = prosperity, joy, delight. Mangalam 

 j is a very common name in Tanjore for a flourish, 

 ^ing village with rice fields. 



f pronounced Saunar or Shevunar ; name of a small 

 caste or sect of people in S. India. This name 

 ) was found applied to a Jaina image at Jayankon- 

 \ dacholapuram ; another similar image was called 

 | Paruppar (Pazhuppar) . The Greeks and Arabians 

 l^were called Sonaga ( = Yavana) = ? Ionians. 



f ? Seykal = arable or tilled land ; ( ? from Chey 

 j a corn field, cultivation) ; there are several places 

 ^ in Tanjore and to the southward named Sekal, 

 | Shakal, Sikal and the ' Sikkle ' of A.S. 79, 

 ^properly Sikkil. 



( ? Redman's abode. Se, sem = red, straight, 

 (beautiful, Semman is a shoemaker, currier. 



I? Sendira = red ; kadai = bazaar. Yallam 

 (q.v.) is found repeatedly in Tanjore and north- 

 wards. 



