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PN THE NAMES OF 



IV. 



A FEW COMMON TAMIL PROPER NAMES. 



Ethnological, Historic, Religious, &c. 



Achari 



Aiyan 



Aiyanar 



Aiyar 

 Ammai 



Amman 

 Anni 



Arasappalli 



Asuran 



Avudaiyar 



Ayan 



Chakkiliyan 



Chetti 



Dasi 



Devendra 

 Devi 



Ellamman 



Idaiyan 



Isana 



Isvara 



Kalian 

 Kaii 



Karaiyan 



Kattan 



Katteri 



Kaundan 

 Kon, Konan 



Kottan 

 Krishna 

 Kurumban 

 Kuruvan 



. . preceptor 4 Wor- 

 shipful.' 



. . pastor, 1 guru,' 

 Saiva brahman. 



. . Demon god Hari- 

 hara. 



. . brahmans (Saiva). 



. . Parvati ; (small- 

 pox). 



. . lady, goddess. 



. . saiva mendicant. 



.. (caste). 



. . demigod, demon. 



. . ox owner, Lingam 

 (or Siva). 



. . cowherd, pastor. 



. . currier. 



. . merchant (Sgth) . 



. . slave girl. 



. . god of heaven, 

 Indra. 



. . goddess. 



. . a tutilary demo- 

 ness. 



. . herdsman. 



. . regent of the N.E. 



. . supreme lord. 

 Siva. 



. . Kalla casteman. 



. . Parvati, consort 

 of Siva. 



. . shoreman, coaster. 



. . a mighty demon. 



. . a fearful demo- 

 ness. 



. . Gauda tribe man. 

 . . shepherd king, 



pastor. 

 . . mason, bricklayer. 

 . . Vishnu Avatara. 

 . . shepherd tribe, 

 wild 1 gipsy tribe.' 



Kusavan (Kuyavan) . , potter. 



Labbe 



Latchmi 

 Lingam 



Mapillai 



Maravan 

 Mariyamman 



S. I. Muhamma- 



dan. 

 (Lakshmi). 

 Phallic emblem of 



Siva, 

 son-in-law (Mop- 

 lah). 



Marava tribe-man. 

 Death, goddess. 



Mudali 



Murtti 

 Naga 

 Narayana 

 Nattan 



Nayakkan 



Ottan 



Pallan 



Palli 



Pamban 

 Pappan 

 Paraiyan 



Paramesvara 

 Paravan 



Parppan 



Perumal 

 Pey 

 Pidari 

 Pillai 



Pillaiyar 



Pulaiyan 

 Bada 



Eama 



Reddi 



Rudra 



Saliyan 



Saman 



Sanan 



Sattan 

 Sattani 

 Savunar 

 Semman 



Seniyan 

 Siva 



Somesvar 

 Sonagan 



. . a Vellalar caste 

 title. 



. . form, idol, image. 



. . cobra snake. 



. . name of Vishnu. 



. . countryman, 

 rustic. 



. . of Telugu race : 

 a title. 



.. (tank-) digger, 

 builder. 



. . low caste cultiva- 

 tor. 



. . a low caste la- 

 borer. 



. . snake wearer. 



. . Brahman. 



. . musician, Pat iah 

 outcaste. 



. . supreme lord. 



. . a low caste of S. 

 coast. 



. . Brahman = Pap- 

 pan. 



. . great one, Vishnu. 

 . . demon, devil. 

 . . demoness. 

 . . a Vellalar caste 

 title. 



. . the honorable son 

 (of Siva). 



,\ ? flesh eater. 



. . Krishna's mis- 

 tress. 



. . Vishnu Avatara. 



. . a Tejugu tribe. 



. . Siva. 



. . weaver. 



. . ? sraman. 



. . toddy climber, 

 Shanar. 



. . Aiyanar, 



. . Vishnu mendicant. 



. . ? ( Jaina) . 



. . shoemaker, cur- 

 rier. 



. . weaver. 



.'. the supreme, is- 

 vara. 



, . moon lord. 



. . Yavanan q. v. 

 ? Greek. 



