See also:

• CAUVERY, or KAVERI

CAUVERY, or KAVERI  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . Rising in See also:

• COORG (an anglicized corruption of Kodagu, said to be derived from the Kanarese Kudu, " steep," " hilly ")

Coorg, high up amid the Western See also:

• GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

Ghats, in 12° 25' N. See also:

• LAT

lat. and 75° 34 E. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long., it flows with a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern direction across the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore, and finally pours itself into the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal through two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal mouths in See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore See also:

• DISTRICT

district . Its See also:

• TOTAL

total length is 472 m., the estimated See also:

• AREA

area of its See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin 27,700 sq. m . The course of the river in Coorg is very tortuous . Its See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed is generally rocky; its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks are high and covered with luxuriant vegetation . On entering Mysore it passes through a narrow See also:

• GORGE

gorge, but presently widens to an See also:

• AVERAGE

average breadth of 300 to 400 yds . Its bed continues rocky, so as to forbid all See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation; but its banks are here bordered with a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• STRIP

strip of cultivation . In its course through Mysore the channel is interrupted by twelve anicuts or dams for the purpose of See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation . From the most important of these, known as the Madadkatte, an artificial channel is led to a distance of 72 m., irrigating an area of 10,000 acres, and ultimately bringing a See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply into the See also:

• TOWN

town of Mysore . In Mysore See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state the See also:

• CAUVERY, or KAVERI

Cauvery forms the two islands of See also:

• SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

Seringapatam and Sivasamudram, which See also:

• VIE

vie in sanctity with the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Seringam See also:

• LOWER

lower down in See also:

• TRICHINOPOLY

Trichinopoly district . Around the island of Sivasamudram are the celebrated falls of the Cauvery, unrivalled for romantic beauty . The river here branches into two channels, each of which makes a descent of about 200 M .

C =a FIG . I . c=o FIG . 2 . c=%a FIG . 3 . in a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of rapids and broken cascades . After entering the See also:

• MADRAS

Madras See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, the Cauvery forms the boundary between the See also:

• COIMBATORE

Coimbatore and See also:

• SALEM

Salem districts, until it strikes into Trichinopoly district . Sweeping past the historic See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock of Trichinopoly, it breaks at the island of Seringam into two channels, which enclose between them the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of Tanjore, the See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden of southern India . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern channel is called the Coleroon (Kolidam); the other preserves the name of Cauvery . On the seaward See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of its delta are the open roadsteads of See also:

• NEGAPATAM

Negapatam and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• KARIKAL

Karikal . The only navigation on any portion of its course is carried on in boats of See also:

• BASKET

basket-See also:

• WORK

work .

It is in the delta that the real value of the river for irrigation becomes conspicuous . This is the largest delta See also:

• SYSTEM

system, and the most profitable of all the See also:

• WORKS

works in India . The most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient irrigation work is a massive See also:

• DAM

dam of unhewn See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, io8o ft. long, and from 40 to 6o ft. broad, across the stream of the Cauvery proper, which is supposed to date back to the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, is still in excellent repair, and has supplied a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model to See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

engineers . The area of the ancient system was 669,000 acres, the See also:

• MODERN

modern about I,00o,000 acres . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief modern work is the anicut across the Coleroon, 2250 ft. long, constructed by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton between 1836 and 1838 . The Cauvery Falls have been utilized for an electric See also:

• INSTALLATION

installation, which supplies See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to the See also:

• KOLAR

Kolar See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-mines and See also:

• LIGHT

light to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Mysore . The Cauvery is known to devout See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus as Dakshini Ganga, or the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges of the south, and the whole of its course is See also:

• HOLY

holy ground . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend there was once See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born upon See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth a girl named Vishnumaya or Lopamudra, the daughter of Brahma; but her divine See also:

• FATHER

father permitted her to be regarded as the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of a mortal, called Kavera-muni . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to obtain beatitude for her adoptive father, she resolved to become a river whose See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters should purify from all See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin . Hence it is that even the holy Ganges resorts underground once in the See also:

• YEAR

year to the source of the Cauvery, to • purge herself from the pollution contracted from the See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd of sinners who have bathed in her waters .