Within the Mangalore city,in the northern part, is the place known as Derebail. Derebail (pronounced with soft 'd' as in English 'the') is a colloquial Tulu form of the word Deverebail. Literally it means the God's field or the agricultural field set aside for the sake of activities connected with a temple.
devear.>der
The 'der' prefix has been used in several Tulu place names to signify what is commonly designated as 'devear' or the divinity. Derlakatte therefore is the platform('katte') built around a tree for the worship of the divinity. We have discussed in previous posts that our earlier cultures (Marava etc)worshipped trees. Tree worship culture evolved subsequently into the worship of other Spirits and /or Deities installed on a platform under the auspicious trees.
Derlakatte is a locality near the Konaje campus of the University of Mangalore.
There are other places in Karavali with such prefixes like Derāje, Deradka etc
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I think there is a place called dErambaLa in Kasaragod. Is it Dever + ambaLa(ambalam in Malayalam means temple)? However, I'm not sure whether Ambala in Tulu means temple.
ReplyDeleteYes, the word 'Amabla' is in usage in transitional Tulu-Malayalam areas like southern Mangalore. "Ambala-mogaru" is a riverside village near Konaje, east of Tokottu/Ullal.'Ammembala' is another.
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