PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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Seppalanattam . . 



Serumangalam . 



Settitangaleri or Setti 

 yankaleri. 



Slyali 



Solamadevi 



Solapuram 



Sikkalapattu . . . 

 Sippiliyur 



Sittalattur 



Sittamalli » . 



Sivakkollai 



Sorakkudi 

 Strlpurandan . , 



Sundaraperumal Kovil. 

 Suriyamanal 



Suvami (or Svami) malai 



C Vulg. Seppalath, for Seyyapperumal nattam 

 | ? = Beautiful Perumal's (Great one's) village, 

 j The present village temple is sacred to Aiyanar as 

 I if the worship of Vishnu had given way to that 

 | of Siva; but, Aiyanar is the demon god, son of 

 ^Vishnu and Siva ; hence called, Hari-hara-putra. 



? ' War-mangalam.' Seru = battle. 



f 1 Cketti's support lake,' or ' Chettiyarts channel 

 | tank ;' tangal means a support, prop, &c, and 

 «j so also does kal ; tangal is applied to a pond or 

 | ( ? natural) tank, but kal to a channel or water- 

 course, = kalvay and vaykkal. 



More properly Sirkali (@ it & rr , 

 ( 'Cholan's great goddess' ma for maha. See 

 { Vikkiramadi. 



fCholan^s town, not a rare name in the old Chola- 

 mandalam (Coromandel). Cf. Shoranur which is 

 equally common. 



The ' Shakeapattu ' of A.S. 79. 



( For Sri = holy, puli = tiger and ur town. 

 { Puliyur is more common in South Arcot. 



/ ' Little Alattur ' chiru = little, in combination 

 \ before a vowel chirr-pronounced, and very often 

 j written, chitt — or as here, tfi^-Alattur ; Little*- 

 \ banyan town. 



Or Suttamalli ; one or two other places called 

 malli met with, besides Puvirunthamalli (Poona- 



1 Red field,'' from se, sen, sivappu = redness ; 

 and kollai a field, enclosure ; the soil is of a very 

 ruddy color. See Chengddu. 



? from Sorakkay a kind of pumpkin. 



Talangambadi or 

 Tarangambadi 



Talava palaiyam 



I Beautiful PerumaVs (great one's) temple, given 

 as ' Shandalla-permalcovil' on A.S. 79 and vulgarly 

 pronounced Sandala, &c. 



( Suriyan the sun, and manal = sand, dust. 

 ( gravel ; ' Suriyan'' s sand.'' 



Sans. Svami = Lord, from Sva = own, self 

 (cf. Lat. suus). 



Dr. Burnell inclines to identify this with the 

 oldMalakuta of the Chinese pilgrim Houen Tsang. 



f (Tranquebar) formerly a Danish settlement. 

 | The name may mean Telingan's street or village, 

 j There are a few other places in Tan j ore with 

 } Telungan prefixed. The Telingan, or Telugu 

 I folk, were early called Tlings (mod. Kling). Cf. 

 ^ Kalinga-pattanam. 



4 Commander's fief.' Talaivan = Head man ; 

 and Dalavay is the common title for the G-enera- 

 j lissimo, or, prime minister at a Native South 

 \ Indian Court. 



