INDEX TO PLACE NAMES IN THE INSCRIPTIONS

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.

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

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. Place names which have been identified are shown in Map I, ETE 2. See also Table 4.3, ETE 2.

Akaḻ-ūr (Akaḻūr)
Nāḻaḷ (Nāḻal)
...aṉ-ūr (fragmentary)
Nelveḷi-iy
[I*]lañci-y
Patiṉ-[ū]r (Patiṉūr)
Parampaṉ-Kōkūr
E-iyl (Eyil)
Paṉaituṟai
Erukāṭu-ūru (Erukkāṭṭu-)
Pākaṉ-ūr (Pākaṉūr)
Erukāṭur (Erukkāṭṭūr)
Pāṅkāṭ(u)
Erumināṭu
Perutērūr
Eḻai-y-ūr (Eḻaiyūr)
Perumpokaḻ
Ēri
Pētalai (Pēttalai)
Karu-ūr (Karu-v-ūr)
Mattirai (Matirai)
Kāpi-ūr (Kāppi-y-ūr)
Matiray (Matirai)
Kuṇā
Matirai
Kumuḻ-ūr (Kumuḻūr)
Muciṟi
Kūṭal-ūr (Kūṭalūr)
Yāṟṟu (for Yāṟṟūr)
Tāvaṉ-ūr (Tāvaṉūr)
Yāṟṟūr
Tiṭi (Tiṭṭi)
Vintai-ūr (Vintai-y-ūr)
Tiṭi-il (Tiṭṭi-y-il)
Veṇpaḷ[i]-i (-paḷḷi-)2
Teṉku-ciṟupocil
Veḷ-aṟai (Veḷḷaṟai)
Tēṉūr
Veḷ-aṟai-y (Veḷḷaṟai-)
T[o]ṇṭi
Vēmpiṟ-ūr (Vēmpiṟṟūr) (also Vēmpil-)
Nalli-y-ūr (Nalliyūr)
Veḷ-ūr- (Veḷūr-)
Nali-y-ūr (Nalliyūr)
Nākapērūr

Common Toponyms in Place Names

akaḻ
'moat, tank, reservoir'.
aṟai
'rock, stone'.
il
'place'.
ūr
'village, town, city', frequent suffix to place names. See Etymological Index: Dravidian (Appendix IV).
e-iyl (eyil)
'fortress, city, town'.
ēri
'lake, large tank'.
kāṭu, (kāṭṭu)
'forest, jungle'.
kuṉṟa(m)
'hill, mountain'.
kūṭal
'meeting place; place where roads or rivers meet'.
talai
'place'.
tiṭi (tiṭṭi)
'raised ground'.
tuṟai
'waterfront'.
teṉku
'south, southern'.
t[o]ṇṭi
'a small arm of the sea'.
nāṭu, nāṭṭu
'country, province, district'.
parampaṉ
(n.) 'a member of a class of cultivators (parampar)' or, (attribute) from parampu 'dry ground laid out for cultivation'.
paḷ[i]-i (paḷḷi-) 2
'hamlet'.
pocil
(cf. Ka. hosilu, Ta. vācal) 'entrance'.
malai
'hill, mountain'.
yāṟṟu
'of the river (<yāṟu)'.
veḷi
'open space, field'.