Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Dear Members, There are four instances in which 'Manali'occurs as a mono-word place name (Two in Tamilnadu, one each in Thanjavur and Chengleput districts; one in Akola district of Maharastra and one in Kullu district of HP. Manali as a place name prefix occurs in two occassions- Manalipet in Pondichery and Manalithara in Thrissur district of Kerala. Manali as a suffix occurs in two instances- Keelamanali in Thanjavur and Periyamanali in Salem districts of Tamilnadu. Manali as a place name material doesnot occur in countries such as Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran and Iraq. (I have verified). Nor it occurs in Austric- Munda areas. Hence, a Dravidian etymology from the distribution point of view in order- apart from the meaning of the term. R.Balakrishnan naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan wrote: > > maNali in Kullu valley > ------------------------ > > Manali town with two rivers and sandy banks in the > beautiful Kulu valley, Himachal Pradesh, is in the > news: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3241131.stm > > The toponym, maNali is of much interest. > maNal is dravidian word for "sand". Many places > in India are named with the word, maNal. > > For example, maNali Ramakrishna mudaliyar's > forefathers > served as dubahses when Madras was being formed. > Mudduswami Dikshitar sang at Manali Mudalis' court > around 1800 AD. > > Pandyas are repeatedly called PaJcavar in classical > Tamil texts. This "paJca" refering to Indo-Aryan > word for five is not used in in Tamil in common > practice. > Instead, "ainthu" a dravidian word is used commonly. > Pandyas claim descent thru' the Pandava Arjuna > when he married Citrangadai and their son, > Babhruvaahanan. > This happened at maNaluur, east of Madurai. > (Sangam texts, Large Cinnamanuur copperplates, ...) > http://www.services.cnrs.fr/wws/arc/ctamil/2003-09/msg00055.html > > Names like maNali, maNaluur may the remains of > Dravidian > people moving into Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and > Gujarat at > the decline of the Indus valley civilization. > > Interested in any complehensive analysis of toponyms > with > -uur endings like -oura etc., Can all the names > which end > in -uuru be from "puram"? > > N. Ganesan > > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 If the following information is of any use, "Dravidian in North Indian Toponymy" by Satyanarayan Das and Sunanda Das [1987, Distributor,Munshiram Manoharlal] has the following entry "Manali [HP] Residence,house. Ka. mannu,to live, Ta., Ka. mane,Id, Ma. mana house.." at page 61. The writers trace 'uru' to Tamil 'urai', Kannada 'ure' and Telugu 'ura', all meaning 'village'- page 84. alam ati vistareNa. Jogesh Panda --- naga_ganesan <naga_ganesan wrote: > Names like maNali, maNaluur may the remains of > Dravidian > people moving into Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and > Gujarat at > the decline of the Indus valley civilization. > > Interested in any complehensive analysis of toponyms > with > -uur endings like -oura etc., Can all the names > which end > in -uuru be from "puram"? > > N. Ganesan > > > > Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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