Topic started by makizhnan (@ l-lh121-14g.cavern.carleton.ca) on Sat Jul 5 00:25:48 .
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I happen to learn that tharmapuri, vEtharANyam, thanushkOdi, were thakadUr, thirumaRaikkAdu, and kOdikkarai respectively. I also knew the supposedly Tamil name of viruthAsAalam but I can't recall it at the moment! It would be nice if you let me know of differnt Ur's former Tamil names in TN/Kerala Thanks!

Responses:

• From: Mani (@ cache-dp09.proxy.aol.com) on: Sat Jul 5 00:58:47 EDT 2003
  
  For Kerala, I can tell you this much:
  
  Trivandrum - Thiruvananthapuram
  Quilon - Kollam
  Trichur - Thrissur
  Cochin - Kochi
  Alwaye - Aluva
  Palghat - Palakkadu
  Calicut - Kozhikodu
  
  
• From: pandian (@ bgp385601bgs.jersyc01.nj.comcast.net) on: Sat Jul 5 01:52:34 EDT 2003
  
  ViruthAchalam -> pazhamalai
  Chidambaram -> thillai
  
  There are few other names I knew, they are missing me at the moment. Tamils have long followed a tradition of naming places after the surroundings, flora and fauna. Unfortunately, most of these names were dropped and replaced with Sanskritized ones that had religious significance ...
  
  Can anyone tell me what were the Tamil predecessors of the following:
  Madurai
  Nagapattinam
  KanyAkumari
  Rameswaram
  
  
• From: gopalan (@ 202.41.104.94) on: Sat Jul 5 07:40:23 EDT 2003
  
  viruthachalam - thirumudhukundram
  
  
• From: makizhnan (@ l-lh121-4g.cavern.carleton.ca) on: Sat Jul 5 23:49:40 EDT 2003
  
  Mani:
  "Alwaye - Aluva "
  
  Is this a coastal 'Ur'? Because alawAy or alwAy is a Tamil name for 'Ur's in coastal areas. alai + vAy means mouth of the waves(of ocean). So in this case the Aluva is most likly (assuming this is a coastal 'Ur') a corruption of alvAy :(
  
  Mani, do you know any Sanskritized named 'Ur' that previously had a Tamil name of Kerala?
  
  Pandiyan,
  mathurai and kumari are pretty old names I believe (since 'kazhaka' era). Also why do you think Madurai is not a Tamil name? nAkappaddinam sounds like a Tamil name to me :!
  
  Thanks Gopalan!
  
  

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