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104/ The Later Gangas: Mandali-Thousand
Kāla
Kāļabbe-gāviti Nokkayya
Permmale
Poleyamma
Singana
Mārasinga
Mudiyana Singa-gāvunda
Rācaṇa
Vijjale
anna and a short form (abbreviation) of it, -aņa means 'a brother'; but its secondary meaning denotes the sense of affection and respect; occasionally -anna/-ana is added to the proper personal name as an honourific suffix; Ketanna, Boppaṇa, Mudiyana. Generally -anna/-ana is added in the end of the personal name of male persons; but instances where the female personal names also take this suffix are not lacking. -anna/-ana is semantically very much similar to the suffixes -appa and -ayya (father) added to the personal names of male persons. Morphologically -anna, -appa, -ayya are all free morphemes and Dravidion words. -abbe, -avve, -devi are the suffixes added to the female personal names. Primary meaning of the suffixes -abbe an -avve is "mother". But to express the sense of affection and respect, these two suffixes are used. Sanskrit word -devi meaning 'a goddess, a respected lady' is also affixed to the (female) personal
names.
The variants of Gāmunda, gāvuṇḍa, gauḍa are from the Sanskrit grāmavṛddha, which takes the form of gāmavuḍa in Prakrit; gāvundi, gavuḍi, gavundi and gaundi are the female noun forms; -gāviti, a rare form with the same meaning as gāvundi is also used; gāviti may be derived from the Sanskrit word grāmastri, 'a village woman'.
The personal name Bitți (ga) is again from the Sanskrit word Vişnu (Vittu, Bittu + ga), with the usual suffix -ga, generally added to the male personal names.
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List of place names
The following is the list of some of the names of villages and towns mentioned in the inscriptions of the Mandalināḍ:.
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