a
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