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# Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s3: Index to Place Names in the Inscriptions

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s3

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## Contents

- [c29.s3.t1 Common Toponyms in Place Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.t1) — 1 part

### Index to Place Names in the Inscriptions

### [c29.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.1)

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.

### [c29.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.2)

\*\*Reference Numbers\*\* (as in the Commentary) are given in col. 2.

### [c29.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.3)

\*\*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.

### [c29.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.4)

Place names which have been identified are shown in Map I. See also Table 4.3.

### [c29.s3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.5)

| \*\*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

### [c29.s3.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s3.t1.1)

| \*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'. |

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