PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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/ There are several places of this name in Tanjore : 

 .. < e.g., Tirukkalabur and Terrucolatur A.S. 79 ; see 

 { Teru. 



f * Terrukanapuram ' of A.S. 79. Can this be 

 | for ' Tri-kona-pura ' = ' Three- corner town ' as 

 . . <{ Tiru-kona-malai for Tri-kona-malai, i.e., " Trinco- 

 I malee " = the three peaked or triangular moun- 

 tain, on the east coast of Ceylon ? 

 f the Sans, name is Garbha-raksha-puri, and both 

 I names frignify that females in bearing never mis - 

 . . •{ carry at this place, a tradition believed to this day. 

 I Sans. Garbha = womb, Tarn, karu = embryo, 

 (^foetus. 



r These names of great public works, may have 

 1 reference to the great Tirumala Nayakkan, who 

 j ruled over Madura and Trichinopoly in the 17th 

 \ century. 



Common usage for Tiruma-eri ; see Viranatteri. 

 (Vulgarly called also Tiruvanamahgalam) ' Holy 

 soil mangalam;' man — earth, soil. A large mound 

 of debris marks the ancient site. 



A place and large temple dedicated to Naga- 

 natha-svami = ' SnaJce-lord-god ' near Kumbha- 

 konam. 



/ ' Sacred-milk passage, ' a place with a consider- 

 \ able but neglected temple on the river-channel 

 j near Papanasam, and another at Srlrahgam : 

 ' turai a ford (q.v.) 



f ' Sacred palmrya station' ; dal or thai for sthala ; 

 j a large Siva temple 10 miles N.N.E. of Kumbha- 

 J kOnam. The place is remarkable for the groves of 

 j palmyras by which it is enveloped, as they are not 

 j common or large in the KavgffI Delta. Another 

 l^name of it is Talaivanam, q.v. ' Toddy -tree -wood 

 ( Commonly called Teru-perumaiyam (Terru- 

 \ perrumham of A.S. 79). See Teru. 

 f 4 Sacred Jlower-forest'; there are other instances 

 \ of this name in South India, one of them near 

 • Madura ; the A.S. gives the name Tirbovam 

 \ here, and Trippawanam there. 



' holy northern marudur (agricultural village), 

 more properly Tiruvidai-marudur = ' holy-middle- 

 marudur. 1 Sans, name is Madhyarjunam j idai 

 = the middle. 

 / Tiruvadi is a corruption for Tiruvaiyar = five 

 I rivers. Sans, name Pahchanadi, which also means 

 j five_ streams ( = Pahjab). Cf. Tiruvadi (? Tiru- 

 ' vadigai) South Arcot. 



f ' Sacred-right (hand) curl,' the image of Vighn6s- 

 vara, has its elephant trunk coiled to the right 

 I instead of (as usual) to the left. " Perruvalahjuli " 

 <{ of A. S., but there is a story of a whirlpool (Suli = 

 whirl, curl, &c.) in the river, a branch of the 

 j Kaveri here. A curl to the right is a fortunate 

 tmark. Compare the Svastika symbol. 10 



10 At Vallam near Chengalpat is a rock-cut figure of Ganesa with the 

 trunk similarly turned up to the right. 



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Tirukala-ur 



Tirukonapuram 



Tirukarugavtir 



Tirumalaira j apuram 



Tirumalairajan 



Tirumalasamudram 



Tirumatteri 

 Tirumanamahgalam 



Tirunagesvaram 

 Tirupalturai 



Tiruppananclal 



Tirupirambiyam 

 Tirupuvanam 



Tiruvada marudur 

 Tiruvadi 



Tiruvalahchuli 



