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was situated, it is quite clear at is and cannot but be the name of some certain locality, in that it contains the word 6 which is a Kanarese word meaning a town', a village etc., and having no sense else Therefore I believe that the called must have acquired that name, undoubte ly on account of having been formed as such; or having had its habitation in, or having had some or other conspicuous connection with that portion of the Deccan known as .
M. GOVIND PAI.
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1.' is the name of the place and thus the form of the nominative singular, whereas 'काणूरु' is the genitive singular of the same. In the case of 'g' also, the nom. sg., from is 'gaz' (where the Kanarese suffix a country) and the पुनाडु ' and ' पुन्नाट' are each the Gen. sg. form; but as the said country has been termed in histories as q (though quite wrongly) following the terminology of the Greek Ptolemy, I have kept it as it is.
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