etymology of udupi

The meaning and origin of the word `Udupi':

Udupi is known as oDipu in the Tulu
language. Narayana Panditacharya in his
notes called
Prakasha on the
Sumadhva
Vijaya
records
thus:
rajatapiiThapurasya oDipu ityapabhrashhTa
saMGYaa The modern name Udupi must
have developed from this ancient folk name.
A different etymology is provided by certain
other scholars, but there is not too much
credence given to it. According to them the
original Sanskrit name is derived from uDupa
(uDu 'star' + pa 'lord') -- lord of the stars,
namely, the moon
Udupi also refers to Shiva, who bears the
moon on his head. Since there is the ancient
temple of Chandramaulishwara in Udupi, the
place may have been known by the name
Udupi, after its ancient deity. It is quite
evident that this idea developed very recently.
The author of the Sumadhva Vijaya opines
that the word is of Tulu origin.
The place is also known as
Parasuram KshetraShivalli-It is learnt from an inscription of 1395
belonging to Harihara's period, that Sree Krishna
mutt was in the middle part of Muda Nidumburu
village which located east of Shivalli. It was Shiva
+ Halli =Shivalli.
Roopy peetha
Thulluvanadu

Timeline of udupi
Keladi Nayakas
A.D.1600-1700
Mauryan
Dynasty
273-232 BC

Tuluva
Dynasty
300 AD

Alupas
650-1346

Kundavarma (A.D.950 - 80)

Bankideva - I (A.D.1020 - 50)
Aluvarasa - I (A.D.650 - 688)
Chitravahana - I (A.D.680 - 730)
Swethavahana (A.D.805 - 10)
Prithivisagara(A.D.810 - 840)
Pattiyodeya (A.D.1050 - 1080)
Pandya Pattiyodeya (A.D.1080 - 1110)
Bhujabala Kavi Alupendra (A.D.1110 - 1160)
Kulashekhara Alupendra-I (A.D.1160 - 1220)
Kundana (A.D.1220 - 30)
Vallabhadeva II Dattalupa (A.D.1230 - 50)
Ballamahadevi (A.D.1275 - 92)
Bankideva-II (A.D.1285 - 1315) Nagadevarasa
(A.D.1292-1300)
Soyideva Alupendra (A.D.1315 - 35)
Kulashekhara - II (A.D.1335 - 46) and the
Hoysalas
Bankideva - III (A.D.1346 - 55)

Vijayanagara
Period
1345 -1529
Krishnadevaraya
(A.D.1510 - 1529)

Suralu
Tolahara
Rulers
till A.D.1715
Bairarasa
kings

Queen
Abbakkadevi
1555-1597 AD

Fall of the
Portuguese in
1800's

Hyder Ali
A.D.1756-1763

British
1799-1947
District in
1997
Municipal in
1995

Savanthas
of Mulki

Entry Of British
till A.D.1768

Tipu Sultan
1771 - 1800

Presidency
Till 1956