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ON THE NAMES OF 



Place-names that appear to It more or less peculiar to the Tanjori 

 District, or unusually frequent there — (Continued). 



N. 



ts. 



t* 



*N. 



E. 



*W 



*NT. 



*E. 



S. 



S. 



fE. 



t 



Anna-vasal 

 Anna- ch attr a m 

 Anna-salai 

 Arasur 

 Attur 



Cholapuram 

 Karaiyanpatti 

 Karupptir. 

 Kattalai 

 Koilai 



Konam ) 

 Kunnam j 

 Kottagam 



Kottangudi = 

 Kovil- (or Koil-) pattu 

 Kudikkadu 

 Kuruvadi 

 Marudur 



== food- (giving) -place. 



= pipal village. 

 = river town. 

 = Chola-town. 



== grant, endowment. 

 = enclosure, field, ' close.' 



\ more common in South Arcot. 



? tank, &c. 



Stone mason's dwelling. 

 ' temple tithe.' 

 scattered huts, 

 low quarter, 

 agricultural village. 

 Naga. Xagakkudi, N-mangalam, Xaganti, N-pattanam, Nagur, &c. 

 Ney -kunnam, Jv-kuppai, N-vasal. 

 -pallam . . a hollow, low ground. 



Parnani, Pambanar, P-odai. 



ts. 



■pattu 



Patta (na)cheri. 



Pidagai or Pudagai 



Pundi 



Sattanur 



Sattamaiigalam 



Yalangudi. 



Yallam 



-vattam 



Vila gam 



Viduti 



Yalahkad 



most frequent between Pattukottai and Tanjore. 



an inferior or sub- village, a hamlet. 



shrubbery,/ bush.' 

 Sattan (S. Sasta = teacher) a name of Aya- 



nar. 



? a rising ground, eminence, 

 a circuit, group of villages. 

 P battle-field. Pavilion. 

 ? lodge. 



? Ilahkad, young forest. A plantation. 



Words in Tanjore Place-names derived from the Animal (an.) or 

 Vegetable (veg.) Kingdoms, with some examples. 



a (an) cow Avur, Attalaiyur. 

 adu (an) sheep Aduturai. 

 al (tree) banyan Alangudi, Alankad. 

 § alisi-or arisi- Alisigudi. 



arasu (tree) ' royal ' ; pipal, ficus religiosa. 

 atti (tree) fig, ficus racemosa. 

 atti bauhiuia tomentosa. 



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

 f Do. do. do. outside the delta. 



% Signifies that it is rare. 



A hyphen prefixed indicates a suffix : affixed, a perfix. 

 § Signifies absent from the delta only. 



