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83. It also throws new light on this problem, when we understand that though Tamil and Tamilnādu were referred in ancient Tamil classics as Ten Tamilo and Ten Tamilnāţuo general references like (1) Te% katal muttu' (the pearl of the South Sea), (2) Ten malaio (the [Pothyil] hill of the South), (3) Tengam Poruppan” and (4) Tennam Poruppil Talaivan” (The Lord of the Southern [Pothyis] hills), (5) Teppam Poruppui (The [Pothyilj Southern hills), (6) Tennar” (the southerners), (7) Tennar kāmania (The Lord of the southerners), (8) Tennavag” and Tennavario (The Southerners), (9) Tegzawag maravan” (The military chief of the southerners), (10) Tempulam Käval” and Teppulam Kävalaro (The rule or rulers of the Southern Land), (11) Temral” and (12) Tenzaji” (The Southern breeze) mean mostly Pānjīnātu (Pandiyan. Kingdom) which happened to be the Southern-most territory and things pertaining to that. Whether this will suggest that the ancient Tamils whenever made reference to Sanskrit (?) as Watamoli, they might have though that it was the language of the people, living in the extreme north, near the Himalayas, since we have no clear proof for any great awareness of the ancient Tamils about the lands and lives of the people, north of the Himalayas is worthy of consideration. . Now, we shall consider what Tolkāppiyam says about Sanskrit (?) as Watamoli in translation (and fortunately there are no different readings in the original).” $ 冰 朱 397. Words used in verses are of four kinds:– iyarcol, tiricol, ticai-c-col and vatacol. 状 ※ :# 401. Vatacol is the word which is made up of sounds, other than those which are peculiar to Sanskrit. ※ ※ 求 402. They do not ward off words made up of sounds which are different from those found in Sanskrit. ※ 学 宋 From the first JVärpä (Sūtram), it appears that Tolkāppiyar classifies the four kinds of words in the descending order of the frequency of occurrence, which is quite natural. The relevance