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ON THE NAMES OF 



CLASSIFIED TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE 

 CHARACTERISTIC PLACE-NAMES OF THE 

 TANJORE DISTRICT. 



Topographical and descriptive words in Tan j ore place-names. 



-ar, aru 



. River. 





-odai 



. . Tank, pool. 



Kadal- 



. Sea. 





-padugai 



. . ' Flats.' 



kadu 



. Jungle. 





Palai 



. . Barren. 



-kal 



. Channel. 



E. 



-pallam 



. . A hollow, valley. 



Kalam 



. Threshing floor. 





-paravai 



. . (Water-) spread. 



-kanhi 



. Small channel. 



+ 

 + 



Periya- 



. . Great. 



karai 



. Bank, shore. 



t 



-pottal 



. . Barren. 



Kll- 



. Eastern. 





-pulam 



.. Field. 



-kollai 



. ' Close,' field. 





-pundi 



. . Bush, shrubbery. 



-kottagam 



. Tank, &c. 





Siru- 



.. Small. 



Kudalur 

 -kulam 



. Meeting town. 

 . Tank. 





Ten- 

 Terk- 



| Southern. 



-kuji 



. Pit, hollow. 





-toppu 



. . Grove. 



madugu 



. Pool. 





-tottam 



. . Garden. 



Manal- 



. Sand. 





-turai 



. . Passage, ford. 



Marudur 



. ? Agricultural 

 village. 





Vada- 



. . Northern. 







-vanam 



. . Wood, grove. 



-medu, or 



Mound. 





Vayal 



. . (Pice-) field. 



-modu. 







.vaykkal 



. . Water channel. 



Mel- m 



. Western. 





-veli 



.. Open (area), plain 

 . . Dug-river, canal. 



-mulai 



. Corner ? 



* 



Vettar 



Place-names indicating Uace, Tribe, Caste, and Religion of the 

 People. 



Agraram. . 



Aiyan . . 



Aiyanar. . 



Amman . . 

 % Andi . . 



-esvar 

 fS.W. Idaiyan .. 



Isvaran . » 

 % Kali 

 tS. Kallar .. 



Kottan . . 

 E. Karai yan. 



Kuravan. 

 Mariyam- 



Brahman. 

 Siva. 



Demon, village god. 



Goddess. 



Saiva-mendicant. 



Isvara, Siva. 



Herdsman. 



Saiva, of Siva. 



Demoness. 



(Tribe). 



(Caste). 



Fisherman, coast 



tribe. 

 (Wild tribe). 

 Demoness. 



The cobra. 



X 



x 



JS.E. 



Nattan .. 

 Nayakkan 

 Pal lan . . 

 rPappan \ 

 i Parppan 1 

 Pam ban . . 

 Para van . . 

 Peiumal .. 

 Pidari ".; 

 Pillai . . 

 Pillaiyar. . 



Pulaiyan.. 

 Pulavan . . 

 San an . -. 

 Sattan . . 

 Semman . . 



? Countryman. 

 Telugu title. 

 Field laborer. 



Brahman. 



Snake (-man). 

 Seaboard tribe. 

 Vishnu. 



Demon-goddess. 

 (Caste) . 



' Ganesa, ; son 



Siva. 

 1 Flesh-eater.' ? 

 ? Sage. 



Toddy climber. 

 Demon god. 

 Currier. 



of 



* Signifies that the name is found only or chiefly in the delta, 

 -j- Do. do. do. outside the delta. 



+ Signifies that it is rare. 



N., E., S.W. The cardinal direction in which it mainly occurs with 

 reference to the centre of the delta. 

 A hyphen prefixed indicates a suffix ; affixed, a prefix. 



