PLACES IN TANJORE. 



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The common descriptive words affixed to proper names of places 

 prevalent in the southernmost part of the Tanjore District. 



d. 12 Chattram ( E. ) A rest-house for pilgrims, 

 c. Kadu A jungle, forest, wilderness. 



Kollai ( N. ) An enclosure, close field, 

 c. Kottai A fort, fortified village. 



Kudi A house, cottage, habitation, 



c. Kudikkad ( N. ) A hamlet (grove of cottages). 



c. Kurichi ( W. & N. ) An inferior village, hamlet of cottages. 

 Nadu A district, settled country. 



Nattam ( W. ) A country village, township. 



d. Pattanam ( E. ) A town, especially a seaport town. In 



50 miles of this coast there are 24 

 places called pattanam. 



c. Patti (W, N.W.) A cattle fold ; village of herdsman. 

 Pattu ( N. ) ? A settlement ; a village, or small town. 

 Puili ( S. ) ? A mark, cipher ; ? a crest. 



d. Santai A market, fair, 

 d. Santai-pettai A market-town. 



Teru ( N. ) A street. 



-IJr A town, township village. 



Vasal ( E. ) A gate, entrance ; ? a, port. 



Vattam ( N. ) A circuit, group of villages, 



d. Vayal A rice field, paddy '-flat, plain, 



c. Vettikkadu A clearing : felled wood, field. 



Vidudi ( N.N.W. ) A lodging ; a grant ; 



Characteristic descriptive place-names prevalent in the adjacent 



districts, not found at all, or but rarely, in South Tanjore, 



Alangudi ( N. ) Banyan (tree) house. 



Alattur ( N. ) ? Banyan (tree) town, 



a. Attur ( N. ) Eiver town. 



Cheri (N. & W.) Village, hamlet. 



Chey Corn field ; paddy fields, 



a. Endal ( S. ) Tank, hamlet, 



a. Kammay ( S. ) Irrigation reservoir, 



a. -Karai (N.E. & S.E.) Bank, shore. 



Karisal ( 8. ) Black (-soil). 



Karuppur ( N. ) ? Black-town. 



Marudur ( N. ) ? Grain-land ; corn town. 



Marava ( S. ) Marava tribe. 



NallUr Good-town. 



Nellur Bice-town. 



Ney- ( N. ) ? Weaving- (village). 



Nilam ( N. ) Land, particular soil, 



a. Odai ( N. & S. ) Water-course, ditch, tank. 



Palli ( W.N.W.J Village, small town. 



Pottal ( S. ) Barren soil, brackish ground, 



Pudi, pln?.di ( N.E. ) ? Shrubbery, grove, 



a. Taravai ( S. ) Waste, a salt marsh, 



a. Turai (N.E. & S.E.) Ford, passage, landing place, 



a. Uruni ( S. ) Village tank. 



Vandal ( S. ) Deposit of silt, sandbank. 



Vilagam ( N.E. ) ? Field of battle. 



12 #ee overleaf for meaning of letters prefixed. 



