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Mamballi, copper plates, langui-

age of, 359. Manavalamumuni, a Vaishnava

reformer, 22, 385. Mangudi-kizhar, a poet, 78;

Marudanar, 216. Manikka l'achukar, 392; ct seq. Muninckalai, a Chera-Tamil

epic, 39. Manipravala, 229. Maran. etvniology of, 31. Maravas, a caste, 11, 70. Maraiguanasaubanda, a Saivite

philosopher, 222. Marayan, a caste, 66. Marriage, trie Rakshasa form

of, 55 ; among the early Tamils, 214; connection

amonyt the Tamil kings, 372. Marumakkatavain law, 103. Mathematics, Tamil, 192. Mauryan alphabet, 125. Max Muller, quoted, 258. Mayura Varma, a king, 348. Medizval Tamil, 177-180. Meykanı Deva, a Saivite

philosopher, 222. Middle letters in words, 140. Modern Tamil, 180-: 83; charac

ters, 129, why angular, 131. Modern, Tamil prose, 230. Molony, Mr.).C., on Tamil, 135. Monastic learning, 221. Mongolian theory, 24. Moods, 165. Mosigar, a Tamil poet, 243. Dlututtama Kanniyar, 217. Mudukudumi Peruvaludi, a

Pandiya king, 388, 391.. Mudattirumaran, a king, 252, Mukundainalai, a poem, 310. Mussalınans, attitude towards

foreign literature, 186, 187, Music, 187; works on, 189; his

tory of, 189, 191. Musiri, an ancient town, 346. Multai asa, feudal chiefs, 69. Muttiriyans, a caste, 69. Mutlollayirani, a poein, 217.

Nacchinarkıniyar, a Tamil

cominentator, 45, 118, 123, 32S ; on Vowel-consonants,

129. Nagas, 10; their connection

with the Pallis, 10 f.12.; with the Cholas, 11; described, 27;

in S, India, 28, 69; tribes, 61. Naga-Dravidians, 377. Nagakurnara kavyan, a Jaina

work, 219. Naidatan, a Tamil classic, 225. Nakkirar, 216, 395; his account

of Academies, 252. Naladı yar, date of, 69, 219, 254. Nalayiraprabuniam, 291. Nallanduvanar, author of

Kalittogai, 210. Nambis or Nambudris, early

Brahmans of Tamil country,

319, 379. Nainbudris, 103; meaning of

317; not the sole Jeninis, 350; influence of, 358; and Bhatta

Brahmans, 375. Nambiyandar Nambi, a poet,

220, 107; age of, 293. Name giving, 337. Naminalvar, a Vishnuvite Saint

65; Sanskrit words in his works, 128; life and writings of, 324; age of, 327-338; on

the Chera temples, 347. Vannul, a Tamil grammar, 161, Nafputanar, a poet, 217. Nasalisation in Malayalam, 371. Nathamuni, 220, 291; 327, 331, Nattaitanar, a poet, 216. Nayadis, a low caste, 90. Navanars or Saiva saints, 218. Nayars, 103; composition of the

caste, 352. Negritos, 56. Neininadam, a grammar, 219. Nelson, J. H., 111. Vilakcsi, a Jaina or Buddhist

work, 269. Nouns, 162; of quality, 162.

Nacchellaiyar, a poetess, 268.

Occupation and castes, 73