OF BHARATAVAUSA OR INDIA. 
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principal goddess in Triplicane, who, as Amman presides over 
the Ksetram and to whom the temple-compound belongs, is 
Vedavalli. The god Parthasarathi is only lodging there as 
her guest. In Tiruvallur the Amman is called Kanakavalli, 
in Chidambaram Pankajavalli, in Srimusnam Ambujavalli, 
in Kumbhakonam there are two^ a Komalavalli and a Vijaya- 
valli, in Mannargudi a Campakavalli, and in Tirumalirufi- 
colai as well as in Nagapatam there is a Sundaravalli, &c. 
The derivation of Yalli in these names from the Sanskrit 
Valli, creeper, appears doubtful, especially if one considers 
that Subrahmanya's wife, Valli, was a low-caste South- 
Indian woman, that the Saiva preceded the Yaisnava creed, 
and that Saiva temples were occasionally turned into Vaisnava 
temples. Parvati, the wife of Siva and daughter of the 
moimtain Himalaya, is even worshipped as a Pariah woman 
in her disguise as Matangi. This word is derived from 
Matanga, which signifies a wild mountaineer.^^ 
'8 The difference between. Amman and Ammdl (botli meaning mother) 
is that the former expression refers only to goddesses, while the latter is 
applied both to goddesses and mortal women. 
The Syamalsdandaka ascribed to Kalidasa contains the following 
6l0ka concerning Matafigl : — 
Manikya^^Ilam upalalayantim 
madalasam manjulavagvilasam 
Mahendranilopalakomalafiglm 
Matangakanyam manasa smarami. 
It is perhaps not impossible that there exists a connection between 
Matanga and Mdlanga. The d and the I are occasionally interchanged, 
compare the Greek SaKpv with the Latin lacryma. The Malayalis consis- 
tently pronounce a I instead of a f, e.g., for tasmdt hdrandt they say tasmdl 
kdrandl. In Marathi the word Matanga has been contracted into Mafiga, 
see p. 94. Compiire also the Dravidian roots pala and pandu, old. Telugu 
has besides pandu also pdta. 
The Amarakosa, II, Sudravarga (X) 20, 21, contains the following Slskas 
concerning the Matanga and other out-castes. 
Canddla-Plava-3Idtanga-I)ivdkirti-Janafigw>ndh 
Nifdda-Srajyacdv-Antevdsi-Cdnddla-Pakkasdh 
Bheddh K irdta-Sabara-PuUndd MleccliajeitayaJu 
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