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ON THE NAMES OF 



Tiruvalur 



Tiruvirimalalai 



Tittu 



Tondai . . 

 Tondaranpaitu 

 Tondi . . 



Torakkuli 

 Toitam . 

 Tukkachi 

 Tulukkar 



-turai 



Turaiyundakottai 

 Turaiyur 



Tuttur . . 



V daiy arpalaiy am 



Ukkadai 



f'ttukkadu 



for Trivarur? Town of the three (viz., Brahma, 

 Vishnu, Rudra) ; or Town of Tiruvallavar 

 (author of the Kural). It is sacred to Siva, 

 Valluvan is a low caste family priest. See Muva- 

 lur. 



i t Fair-eye-lily;' this is the 1 Tirrimyaviali of 

 A.S. 79 and ' Tirrimiayala ' of Lamhton's chart ; 

 vili the eye ; commonly Terumallai, and vulgarly 

 Terumuli. 



isame as Tedal, &c, q.v. a mound, rising ground. 

 Nadu-tittu-Vinayakam, name of the island in the 

 Kolladam at the 4 Lower anaikat.' Nadu-tittu = 

 Middle-bank. Tittagudi on the Vellar. 



( Tondai, the Tondamandalam or Tonda region, 

 whose capital was Kanchipuram, is now repre- 

 sented by the Pudukottai territory, under the 

 Kallar prince still called Tondiman, lying 



' between Tan j ore, Trichinopoly and Madura. 



| Tondi is a seaport south of the Tanjore border, 

 and many other names contain Tonda there- 

 abouts ; tondu means serve, wait on ; also 

 antiquity, feudal service, &c. Cf . TwSis, said to be 

 Tundi on the Malabar coast. 



\ Perhaps Herd-pit, cattle-hollow, from toru a 

 j crowd, herd, &c, and kuli a pit, hollow. 



( a garden, (from tondu = dig) an enclosure 

 (( = kollai), orchard. Puntottama flower garden. 



f For Turkkaiyachi name of a horrible goddess 

 \or demoness. ? Durga. 



( the Tamil form of Turukar (fr. Hind. Turushka) 

 ( Turks, i.e., Muhammadans. 



f a landing place ; the ford of a river, the haven 

 | of a sea : cf. " wick" and " fiord " a passage, ford, 

 1 (= ghat, and ' tirath ' a watering place), not at all 

 ] uncommon in Tanjore which is overrun with 

 j fordable river channels. See Turaiyur, Aduturai, 

 (^Tirupalturai, &c. 



Turaiyunda is a Kallar caste title. 



= ' Ford town.' See -turai. 



f (?) From turu bushes, low jungle, brushwood, with 

 | which the country here, N. bank of the Kolladam. 

 ^ is'overspread ; turru(= tuttru)means scatter, spread 

 | abroad, strew. Cf. Tuttukkudi (Tuticorin) Scat- 

 {tered habitation. 



{Udaiyar = the wealthy, rich ; a caste or tribe 

 name (udai = wealth) ; palaiyam a fief, an estate 

 held under military (or feudal) tenure- 



J A suburb ? for Ulkidai a hamlet, or Ulkadai an 

 [interior, ul = il == within ; a house. 



( ? " spring-field," an oozy place, from uttru a 

 | spring, fountain ; urru = a spring (fountain) from 

 ( uru spring ooze, exude. 



