putra

[balakrishnan raju]

Prasad Velusamy wrote:



>Another interesting aspect of "putra" is in the town name,
>pATali-putra, probably from tamil "putar/putal"=
>bush/thicket/low jungle. Any comments on pATali-putra
>(pAlibothra)=thicket of pATali flora? Placenames with -putra like
>in zala-putra/zali-putra also be considered. Lewis Rice (EI,
>no.24, p.334), "


A search of contemporary Indian Place names reveals the followimg names with
"putra" as either a suffix or prefix. Putrangi (Medinipur Dist,
WB),Patamputra (Purulia,WB) and Putragunta (Nellore, AP)

Regards

R.Balakrishnan
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