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ON THE NAMES OF 



Talai vanam 

 Telungar kottagam 

 Tandavantottam 



Tangal 



Tan j ore 



Tarangambadi 

 Tattanur 



Tekkiruppu 



Telungankudikkad 



Tennalgudi 



Tenpadi vattam 

 Tern 



Teru or Theru 

 Tidal . . 



Tillaivanam 

 Tiruchirai 



r Tal or Tari (cf. toddy), 1 Palmyra- {palm.) 

 \ forest' another name for Tiruppanandal (q.v.) 

 (. Sacred palmyra place. 



( the ' Thullingar Cotagam' of A.S. 80 = Telin- 

 | gan's mere, properly Talainayarkottagam. ? Kot- 

 ( tagam a pond, tank : a temple. 



( ? Tandavan's garden : tottam a garden from 

 | tondu = dig. 



!a support, prop, often applied to a tank in North 

 and South Arcot Districts, rare in Tanjore. The 

 water is raised or supported by the embankment. 

 Cf . eri and enthal. 



C strictly Tafija-ur, familiarly called Tanjai by 

 | the natives. It is more fully given as Tanjai-ma- 

 <{ nagaram = Tanjan' s-great-city , after its founder. 

 | But tanjam means refuge, shelter. Tahjaiman is 

 l^also given as the founder's name. 



= " Tranquebar " for Talangambddi (q.v.) 



' South-ham.' Southern-dwelling. Ten, Terku, 

 tek- = southern ; iruppu = residence, abode, 

 dwelling, from iru = sit, be, remain, dwell, &c. 

 See under Tennalgudi. 



4 Telingan's-cottages ; ' see Talangambadi. 



C ? South-dwelling : ten- terk- tek- &c. = 

 South; Tennai the cocoanut (tree). Cf. Sans, 

 dakshina (= Right-hand = south) = dakhin (Ang. 

 j Deccan) in Tarn, becomes tetchinam, and tekkinam, 

 ' ? whence ten. In a similar way Vada = north 



may have some connection with San. ud, whence 

 uttara = upper = northern. Tetchinam Pottai, 

 jjThe Southmost hillock (at Cape Comorin). 



( Southern division of the vattam (circuit, a 

 \ group of villages) . 



!= a street, vulgarly called Teruvu and applied 

 to a row of cottages, or the hamlets scattered 

 about a large village or parish. Cf. Mai. thara. 



vulgar usage in Tanjore for Tiru sacred, auspi- 

 cious (== saint), the Tamil form of the Sans. sri. 

 It is also the name of Lakshmi. 



I a mound, same as tedal, tidar, tittai, &c. a little 

 \ hill or rising ground. 



i Chidambaram (q.v.) Tillai a tree with milky sap. 

 Perhaps Yules " Thellyr" may be for Tillaiyur : 

 but cf . Thalur near Tirutarapundi, and Tellur in 

 South Arcot. 



f name of a place and temple 7 miles S.E. of 

 I Kumbhakonam. 4 TiricherV of A.S. 79 and* Tirri- 

 I cherra' of Colonel Lambton's chart. Can this be 

 ^ a place dedicated to a three-headed (Tri-sira) 

 I devata ? Sarantha-Perumal is the name given ; 

 I compare Tri-sira-palli == Trichinopoly = Three- 

 ^ headed (one's) town. 



