Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c3.15

c3.15

² The Sanskritizing of Dravidian names by official scribes seems to have happened in the following ways: *A. Alteration of the whole name.* 1. *Correct translation. e. g.* Tālavṛinda=Paṉaikkāḍu; Vaṭāraṇya. 2. *Mis-translations. e. g.* Bālā(puri)=Kŏčči (Cochin); Kāñci(pura)=Kañji (Conjeveram). *B. Partial translation of the last part of a compound word, and which* = town, village, mountain, etc. *e. g.* Koṅkaṇapura=Koṅkaṇa-haḷḷi or rather Koṅkaṇi-haḷḷi; Kolācala=? Golkoṇḍa. *C. Mythological perversions of Dravidian names the meaning of which was early lost. e. g.* Pāṇḍiyan into Pāṇḍya, hence derived from Pāṇḍu; Rāshtra from Raṭṭa=Reḍḍi; Tañjāvūr; Mahābalipura from Māmallaipura; Çrībali from Çivaḷḷi. Such perversions are generally intended to localize the N. Indian mythology. *D. Substitution of an entirely new name, the first part of which is the name of the God worshipped, and the second part* sthala *or some equivalent word.* I hope some time to be able to bring out a map of S. India in which all such names will be entered, as far as I have been able to identify them.