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Title
CERTIFICATE
DECLARATION
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY
1 PRILIMINARIES: EXTERNAL FEATURES OF ANDROTH AND KALPENI, THE THARAVAD ISLANDS
Lakshadweep
Islands with their areas in sq. kilometres
Uninhabited islands with their areas in sq.Kms.
Geology
Climate
Flora and Fauna
Origin of the Name Lakshadweep
Andrott Island
Kalpeni
2 STRUCTURE OF FAMILY NAMES
Analysis
Presence of water bodies
Direction
Location
Geographical Position
3 STRUCTURE OF PLACE NAMES
External form of place names
Place names from Personal Nouns
Places names from common Nouns
Place names from Verbal Nouns
Place names from Qualifiers or Adjectives
Structure of Forms
Grammatical Linkage
Sandhi (The technique of Combining words]
Formation of Compound
Metaphor
Meaning
Adjective Forms
Natural Quality
Area
Direction
Location of the place
Occupation /Human effort
Plants and trees
Presence of animals
Honorific
Based on number.
Measures
Related to colour
Naming Principle
4 SOCIAL ASPECTS REFLECTED IN PLACE NAMES
Shirani (Thespesia populnea)
Phalalam (Ficus Relegiosct)
Fruit Bearing Trees
Presence of animals
Arakkala Pattam
Kandath Kunnu
5 ECONOMIC ASPECTS AS REFLECTED IN THE PLACE NAMES
6 GEOGRAPHY: SACRED AND PROFANE ON THE HETEROTOPIA OF THE ISLAND COMMUNITIES
The Sacred Geography of the Ujra Mosques
7 RESUME
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Journal Articles
LAKSHADWEEP PLACE NAME GLOSSARY NAMES FROM ANDROTH AND KALPENI ONLY
NATIONAL MAP OF LAKSHADWEEP
AN EARLY MAP - SHOWING THE POSITION OF LAKSHADWEEP RELATION TO THE MAIN LAND
FLORA MENTIONING IN PLACE NAMES WITH BOTANICAL NAMES