Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s3: Index to Place Names in the Inscriptions
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Index to Place Names in the Inscriptions
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This Index is a list of Place names (P.) in the Corpus. The listing is in the Tamil alphabetical order. The inscriptional forms are listed in col. 1 in **bold**. Emendations or corrections (as in the Commentary) are in normal type within brackets. Case-endings in the original are omitted.
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**Reference Numbers** (as in the Commentary) are given in col. 2.
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**Toponyms** based on geographical features serve as place names or are affixed to them. An alphabetical list of such words with their lexical meanings is added in a separate list at the end of this Index.
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Place names which have been identified are shown in Map I. See also Table 4.3.
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| **Akaram** | 108.1 | **Nākapērūr** | 56.1 |
| **Akaḻ-ūr** (Akaḻūr) | 76.3 | **Nāḻaḷ** (Nāḻal) | 77.1 |
| **Iva-kuṉṟa(m)** | 60.1 | **Nelveḷi-iy** | 7.1 |
| **E-iyl** (Eyil) | 18.1 | **Patiṉ-[ū]r** (Patiṉūr) | 30.1 |
| **Ekkāṭṭūru** | 117.1 | **Parampaṉ-Kōkūr** | 84.1 |
| **Erukāṭu-ūru** (Erukkāṭṭu-) | 52.1 | **Palpuli** | 118.1 |
| **Erukāṭur** (Erukkāṭṭūr) | 55.1 | **Paṉaituṟai** | 50.1 |
| **Erumināṭu** | 49.1 | **Pākaṉ-ūr** (Pākaṉūr) | 13.1 |
| **Eḷai-y-ūr** (Eḷaiyūr) | 34.1 | **Pāṅkāṭ(u)** | 8.1 |
| **Ēri** | 60.4 | **Pāṉāṭu** | 115.2 |
| **Ēḻur** (Ēḻūr) | 121.1 | **Perumpokaḻ** | 83.1 |
| **Kaṭikai** | 88.3 | **Pētalai** (Pēttalai) | 21.1 |
| **Karu-ūr** (Karuvūr) | 69.1 | **Mattirai** (Matirai) | 38.1 |
| **Kāpi-ūr** (Kāppi-) | 74.1 | **[M]atira** (Matirai) | 27.1 |
| **Kīḻ-c-cēri** (Kīḻ-) | 113.1 | **Matiray** (Matirai) | 36.1 |
| **Kuṉā** | 89.1 | **Matirai** | 24.2 |
| **Kumuḷ-ūr** (Kumuḻūr) | 49.2 | **Mācakōṭu** | 120.1 |
| **Koṟṟai** | 104.1 | **Mukaiyuru** (Mukaiyūru) | 112.1 |
| **Campokaḷ** | 105.1 | **Muciṟi** | 56.3 |
| **Campoykaipēṭu** | 101.1 | **Mēṟc[ē]ri** | 112.2 |
| **[T]āvaṇ-ūr** (Tāvaṇūr) | 63.3 | **Yāṟṟu** (for Yāṟṟūr) | 62.3 |
| **Tiṭi** (Tiṭṭi) | 58.1 | **Yāṟṟūr** | 61.3, 63.1 |
| **Tiṭi-il** (Tiṭṭi-) | 33.1 | **Vintai-ūr** | 57.1 |
| **Teṉku-ciṟupocil** | 49.5 | **Veṉkōmalai** | 119.1 |
| **Tēgūr** | 73.2 | **Veṇpaḷ[i]-i** (-paḷḷi-) | 46.1 |
| **Toṇṭi** | 10.2 | **Veḷ-aṟai** (Veḷḷaṟai) | 6.1 |
| **Nalli-[y]-ūr** (Nalliyūr) | 66.1 | **Veḷ-aṟai-y** (Veḷḷaṟai-) | 3.3 |
| **Nali-[y]-ūr** (Nalliyūr) | 65.1 | **Vēmpir-ūr** (Vēmpiṟṟūr) | 35.1 |
Common Toponyms in Place Names
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| *akaram* | 108.1 | 'a Brahman village'. |
| *akaḻ* | 76.3.a | 'moat, tank, reservoir'. |
| *aṟai* | 3.3.b, 6.1.b | 'rock, stone'. |
| *il* | 33.1.b, 35.1.b | 'place'. |
| *ūr* | 19.2 | 'village, town, city'. |
| *-ūr* | | id.; frequent suffix to place names. See Etymological Index: Dravidian (Appendix IV). |
| *e-iyl (eyil)* | 18.1 | 'fortress, city, town'. |
| *ēri* | 60.4 | 'lake, large tank'. |
| *kāṭu, kāṭṭu* | 8.1.b, 52.1.b, 55.1.b, 117.1.b | 'forest, jungle'. |
| *kīḻ (kīḻ)* | 113.1.a | 'east, eastern'. |
| *kuṉṟa(m)* | 60.1.b | 'hill, mountain'. |
| *cēri* | 112.2.b, 113.1.b | 'village, hamlet, quarter'. |
| *talai* | 21.1.b | 'place'. |
| *tiṭi (tiṭṭi)* | 33.1.a, 58.1 | 'raised ground'. |
| *tuṟai* | 50.1.b | 'waterfront'. |
| *teṉku* | 49.5.a | 'south, southern'. |
| *toṇṭi* | 10.2 | 'a small arm of the sea'. |
| *nāṭu, nāṭṭu* | 49.1.b, 115.2.b | 'country, province, district'. |
| *parampaṉ* | 84.1.a | (n.) 'a member of a class of cultivators (*parampaṟ*)' or, (attribute) from *parampu* 'dry ground laid out for cultivation'. |
| *paḷ[i]-i (paḷḷi-)* | 46.1.b | 'hamlet'. |
| *pēṟu* | 101.1.c | 'village, small town'. |
| *pokal* | 83.1.b | (LT *pukal*) 'refuge, residence'. |
| *pocil* | 49.5.c | (Cf. Ka. *hosilu*, Ta. *vācal*) 'entrance'. |
| *poykai* | 101.1.b, 102.2 | 'spring, pond, tank'. |
| *malai* | 85.3.a, 119.1.c | 'hill, mountain'. |
| *mukai* | 112.1.a | 'cave'. |
| *mēl* | 112.2.a | 'west, western'. |
| *yāṟṟu* | 61.3.a, 62.3, 63.1.a | 'of the river (< *yāṟu*)'. |
| *veḷi* | 7.1.b | 'open space, field'. |