"The words Telugu and Tenugu are corruptions of the word Telinga, which is the same as Trilinga, and means—the country of the three li'ngams, (from the Sanskrit tr-i three, and lingo the emblem of [[Shiva). There is a tradition that the GodSiva, in the form of a lingam, descended upon the three mountains named Kalésvaram,Srisailam, and Bhimesvaram, and that these three lingams marked the boundaries of the country."