40 



On the Syrian and Jewish [No. 9, new seiues. 



Saturn stands thus 11 



24 



41— find by this, in what Zodiacal sign 

 Saturn stood on that day. 



If the above mentioned 1,216,665 be divided by 7, the remain- 

 der will give the day of the week. For, according to the acknow- 

 ledged Astronomical authorities, Friday is the first day of the be- 

 ginning of Kali-yoogom or age, so that the divisor 7 should be 

 reckoned from Friday to Thursday, and 2 being the remainder 

 fixes the day of the week as Saturday. 



The Nassaram (Nazarene), the chief Merchant who received this 

 Copper document No. I. is styled " Iravi Cortam" — " Iravi" in 

 Tamil or " Ravi" in Sanskrit means the " Sun" — Curten (or Cor- 

 ten according to the corruption in Tamil) means " Lord" or 

 " Chief," and when these two words are compounded they become 

 " Iravi Corten," a mere title in which no shadow of a Syrian name 

 is to be traced. This same word " Iravi" or " Ravi" likewise 

 will be found to be prefixed to the title of some of the Rajahs of 

 the present day as it was also to that of many of the Peroomals 

 in former days. 



This honorary title " Iravi Corten" was given to the man in 

 question by the then ruling Peroomal, and the bare title only is 

 mentioned in the document in accordance with the custom of 

 persons of high rank, who always omit to state their personal 

 names in such documents, &c. ; a practice which is generally fol- 

 lowed up to the present day. The Peroomal thus promoted him 

 to the Lordship of the city with other privileges and honours, and 

 that city appears to have been situated somewhere between the 

 Codungalore harbour, the Gopoorom or Gatehouse of Codunga- 

 lore, the 4 Talis, and the adjoining Gramoms or villages. 



There is every reason to believe that the city Manigramom, 

 which Iravi Corten of Mahadeva Patnom (i. e. Codunlagore so 

 named because the Peroomals resided there) obtained by this 

 Document No. I. as also Auchoo Vunuom which Joseph Roben, a 

 Jew, obtained by Document No. III. were chiefly inhabited by 

 Jews and Nazaraines (Syrian Christians) indiscriminately and not 

 to any extent by Hindoos ; for otherwise the Manigramakar, the 

 inhabitants of Manigramom. as well as those of Anchoo Vunnom 



