PLACES !X TANJORE. 



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Veli 

 Velur 



Vembugudi 

 Vennar 



Venkatampettai 

 Vettar 



Vettikkadu . . 

 Vettiyar.pattu, or 



Vettukkuli 

 Veyilur 



Vidudhi 



Vikkaramangalam 



Vikkiramadi 



Vilagam 



Vinayakan teruvu 

 Viranam 



Viranathacheri . . 



Viranatteri 



Vishvalur 



!a frequent prefix to village names meaning open 

 field, a plain, the open, the air ; Velipalaiyam the 

 camp or cantonment outside (a fort or town) ; also 

 used as a suffix, e.g., Kufijuveli. 

 ? from vel a benefit, benefaction; velavi a sacrifice, 

 f ' Margosa {or ' Nim tree) dwelling ' ; many places 

 | in S. India are named from the Vembu or Veppa- 

 J maram, the Nim of N. India (Azadarachta Indica), 

 j 1 which affords a delightful shade in hot weather ; 

 j the ' Vamboogood ' of A. S. 79. The Margosa is 

 i^not so very common in Tanjore. 



a contraction for Vlnan-ar Vinan's river : 

 cf. Kannanar. 

 ( i Vungadumpett' A.S. 79 (cf. ' VangadankaV 

 < nearXagur). Vengai = gold ; Vengadam= Tiru- 

 ( pati, sacred to Vishnu. 



( ' The dug river? from vettu = dig, and aru a 

 (river, or stream; a canal. 



''cleared jungle? a clearing : vettu = cut, hew, 

 dig, &c, and kadu (q.v.) = wood, jungle. 

 I Vettiyans' 1 settlement or clearing, possibly a 

 r ±, S mistake for Vettiyar = Vettiyans'' clearing. The 

 • • j Vettiyan is the grave-digger of the village com- 

 l munity, from ve#u = dig. 



{the mound of earth thrown up in order to lower a 

 rice field to the proper irrigation level. Vettu = 

 dig and kuli a pit, hollow. 



/ A lodging place, temporary abode ; a common 

 \ affix to many village names between Pattukottai 

 * ' i and Pudukottai, S.S.E. of Tanjore ; (?) fr. vidu = 

 [ dismiss, let, release. 



iVikram's mangalam. Vikkiram is the Tamil 

 form of Vikram. This name occurs repeatedly 

 near the Kolladam, and was borne by one or more 

 I of the Chola princes. 



( Vikram'' s great goddess (Mahti Devi). Cf. Sd- 

 ' ' ( lamadevi, q.v. 



/ a field of battle ; a rather frequent suffix to 

 y place-names in E. Tanjore. Vilasam = dalliance 

 * ' j (? pleasaunce) , and Vilasam for vigalam = spaci- 

 ' ousness, a saloon, pavilion. 



Vinayakan' s street, in the Nadu-tittu Vinaya- 

 kam, Vinayakan' s mound, an island in the Kolla- 

 dam at the lower anaikat. 



contraction for Vira-Narayanam, a very large 

 tank a few miles W. of Chidambaram, stretching 

 from the Kolladam to the Vellar nearly, and fed 

 by both rivers. 



Viranathan's village, the ' VernadicharV of A.S. 

 79. 



the Vira(naraya) nam-lake ; eri = a lake, sheet 

 of water. See Viranam, and cf. Tirumatteri. 



the Vashaloor of A.$. Two or more places of 

 this- Tiam<?. 



