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ON THE NAMES OF 



Vanaj)attadai . . 

 Vandaiyiruppu . . 



Vandal 



Vandarampattanam 

 Vanni-pattu 



Vasal 



Vattam 



Vattirandu 

 Vayal 



Vaykkal 



Vedaranyam 

 Velakkachiyamman 

 Vellalankadu . . 



Velangudi 



Velattur 

 Veli 



f (Banapattrai) a gun -powder or fire-work factory ; 

 \ Van a rocket and pattadai, a stock, yard, &c 



( Vandaiyan a caste name of Kallars : iruppu 

 ( = dwelling, abode, fr. iru = be, remain, &c. 



C Silt, the mud of tanks : grit : affixed to village 

 | names in Eamnad, from their being on a ridge of 

 <{ grit or gravel-drift, on the spoil bank of a tank, 

 | or on the grit banks or coarse sand drifts left in 

 \_the waterway of a flooded river or breached tank. 

 | [Vaundramputnam of A.S.) said to be a corrup- 

 ( tion of Vanathariyan-p., f or Vanasuran-pattanam. 

 / ? from Vanni the suma tree (prosopis spicigera) 

 \ a sacred tree, used for sacrificial fuel. There is a 

 I famous old specimen still alive in the Vridhacha- 

 ' lam temple. 



C Common use, but strictly, vayil = gateway, 

 | portal, entrance, from vay the mouth, and il a 

 j house. Pallivasal== meeting house, a school house ; 

 ; amongst the Muhaaamadans of the south coast 

 j = a mosque. The Kannadi (Canarese) form is 

 (^bakilu, vulgo bagalu. 



f A circuit, round, &c, commonly applied in 

 Tanjore to a group of villages under one inspect- 



I ing official ? from viruttam, S. Vrutta, a round 

 j thing, vrit, vritta = rounded, circular, and S. vat 

 vata a rounded figure, circle. Cf. S. pat to sur- 

 round, encompass. Compare patti a fold, and 

 pattanam, pattinam and patticheri a town, a fish- 

 ing village. 



r A rice field, an open field, or plain, (not the 

 { vayil above, see Vasal). Kan. bailu a plain, open 

 I field. 



( A water-course, canal, or channel for irrigation ; 

 } in common use in Tanjore, same as Kalvay, water- 

 ( course, or aqueduct ; Vedapuri vaykkal. 



/ (the ' Vadarncwm,^ of A.S. 80) Sans aranya = 

 S wilderness, ' Veda- jungle ;' there is a large Siva 

 i temple, and celebrated Tlrtha or watering place 

 \ here. 



Proper name of a village tutelary goddess. 



Vellalan one of the Tamil agricultural tribe : 

 vellanmai husbandry, agriculture, ? from vellam 

 flood, and anmai ruling, master ; an irrigator ; 

 kadu a jungle, forest, &c. 



iVelankad, Velahkanni, and the like common 

 but unexplained; Ilankadu and yelakandu were 

 referred to Ilamaiyana, Ila and Yelavan'meaning 

 young, youthful, tender, &c. See Kan-kadu. 



A common affix to village names, meaning a 

 wall, hedge, a ward ; a measure about 5 acres, e.g., 

 ' TirunelvSli (Tinnevelly) ; Aiveli — <l 25 acres." (?; 



