Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t6.3

c28.s7.t6.3

Several places in ancient Tamil country were named after the *ñāḻal* tree: *ñāḻal* 'a town on the seacoast' (*Ñāḻal Pattu* in *Aiṅk.*); *ñāḻal mūtūr* 'the ancient town of Ñāḻal' (*Yāpp. Virutti.*: p. 219). Other similar names include *kumiḻi-ñāḻal*, *koṭi-ñāḻal*, *maturai aḻakkar-ñāḻal*: native places of some Caṅkam poets (*Caṅka kāla pulavarkaḷ*: Nos. 186, 205 & 411 respectively).