OF BHAEATAVARSA or INDIA. 
101 
The introduction of an h into words in which it originally- 
found no place has already been commented upon when 
discussing on p. 61 the origin of the names Mhai- and Bhdr 
from Mar and Bar. 
The practical result of this inquiry is the establishment 
of the Indian equivalents Pahlava, Palhava and Plava for 
Pallava and PaUa, and the conclusion that the names of 
such peoples, where they occur in the Mahabharata, Bama- 
yana, and other ancient Sanskrit works, refer, in most cases, 
to Indian tribes and not to nations beyond the frontiers of 
India, e.g., to the Persian Pahlams. This assumption does 
not dispute the fact that relationship existed between Non- 
Aryan races dwelling on both sides of the Indian frontier. 
The Pallar, as well as the Pallis, claim to be connected 
with the Pallavas. The Pallavarajas were in early times 
already rulers in this country. Some rajas, e.g., those of the 
Sambhugotra in the North near Rajamandry still affect the 
title of Pallavaraja and worship at their marriages the fire 
and the vahni-ivQQ, a twig of which, as we have mentioned 
above, is used as an arrow at the hxmting festival {Pdrivet- 
tai) on the Vijayadasami during the Navaratri or Dasara 
feast.*'^ 
In accordance with the interchange between v and ni 
which has been previously pointed out, the word Pallava 
can be easily recognized in the more modern Velfama., 
Vellamba, Blnllama, Yellama and Ellaina. The connection 
between Valluva and Pallava has already been mentioned. 
The majority of the Pallar now-a-days occupy the plains, 
but they have even there retained their innate predilection 
for the woods and mountains. Wherever possible, they erect 
their shrines in forests and on hills, and their marriages 
also take place in such localities. A pandal or wooden shed 
is there constructed to celebrate them. Before the marriage 
Read Tlie Fallava^s'hy th.e learned Eev. Thomas Foulkes, and see p. 81. 
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