PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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f A country, town, village ; township ? From uru 



= be, exist, dwell. Cf. iru. 

 I northern (in opposition to ten, terku vulg. 

 I tekku south, southern) seems to be a more 

 j frequent prefix than ten, southern ; and mel 

 I western, than kil eastern. Perhaps connected 

 I with S. ud= up, whence uttara the upper, north- 

 ern. 



Northern pattu. 



( ' Nor ham ' or Norton ; also Vadavur and Vadu- 

 ( vur = North town. 



/ ' North river.'' The southernmost of the 

 \ Kaveri irrigation channels, but so called perhaps 

 j because it passes immediately north of the town of 

 ' Tan j ore. 



I (' Vydeesprum' of A.S.) for Vaidisvarapuram, 



< a place and temple between Mayavaram and 

 ( Siyali dedicated to Vaidisvar. 



f a town or large village 5 miles S. of Kumbha - 

 | konam ; a story is told that the place is named 

 ^ from a curse uttered here which would in English 

 I be something like " cursed pimp of a deer ! " man 

 deer, hart. 



( = ear point edge ( , These syllables and vel 



( f hilloi n8th; S^'oeS'fajSS 



^ ' I place-names. 



I Tarn, a side, right side, a place, e.g. Alivalam = 



< place of nectar ; Pulivalam = tiger's lair, Sikkiya- 

 ( valam the place of catching (that tiger). 



( = ' Fertile part ' : valaru = grow, increase, 

 \ wax ; and kandam a division. H. Khand. 

 f The < Vullachadud ' of A.S. 79 == ' Flight 

 | Jungle ;' Valasai means a general removal or 

 \ flight from home, for fear of an army in the field, 

 j hence a retreat ; refuge ; an encampment or 

 ^settlement of refugees. Uncommon in Tan j ore. 



f Proper name of the place 7 miles south-west 

 of Tanjore. Old Sans, name Indragiri = ' Mount 

 Indra ' . The legend is that Vallammal, widow of 

 Srlkactha Chola, after the battle of Cholamaligai, 

 a Chola capital near KumbhakOnam, being with 

 child took refuge at Indragiri with Kapilamuni, 

 <( who helped to restore the son born there, Kala 

 Kantha Cholan, to his father's kingdom, who 

 then built a fort and named it Vallam after his 

 mother. One derivation given is val (q.v.) a 

 mound, hillock, Vallam being situate on high 

 ground. There are many places of this name 



l^in Tanjore and South Arcot. 



f In Tirutharupundi, is said to be so called after 

 \ Vallamudaiyan (= ' Lord of power.'') 



/ There are two or more places of this name in 

 ' Tanjore. A.S. 79 gives 1 Valka' and ' Vaulkay 1 * 

 j Valukkai means slippery; valukkai = living 

 \ = felicity, prosperity. 



