Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c16: Abbreviations
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c16
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Abbreviations
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Bibliographical: Tamil literary works (in Tamil alphabetical order)
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| *Aka.* | *Akanāṉūṟu* | *Narr.* | *Naṟṟiṇai* |
| *Apitāṉa.* | *Apitāṉa Maṇimālai* | *Naṉṉ.* | *Naṉṉūl* |
| *Aruṅkala.* | *Aruṅkalacceppu* | *Nāka.* | *Nākakumāra Kāviyam* |
| *Aṟaneṟi.* | *Aṟaneṟiccāram* | *Nālaṭi.* | *Nālaṭiyār* |
| *Āciriya.* | *Āciriya Nikaṇṭu* | *Nālāyira.* | *Nālāyira Tivviyappirapantam* |
| *Iraku.* | *Irakuvammicam* | *Nīla.* | *Nīlakēci* |
| *Irāma.* | *Irāmanāṭakakkīrttaṉai* | *Nīli.* | *Nīli Yaṭcakāṉam* |
| *Iṟai.* | *Iṟaiyaṉār Akapporuḷ Urai* | *Paṭṭiṉa.* | *Paṭṭiṉappālai* |
| *Iṉiya.* | *Iṉiyavai Nāṟpatu* | *Patiṟ.* | *Patiṟṟuppattu* |
| *Ēlāti* | *Ēlāti* | *Pari.* | *Paripāṭal* |
| *Aiṅk.* | *Aiṅkuṟunūṟu* | *Pala.* | *Palamoḻi Nānūṟu* |
| *Kampa.* | *Kamparāmāyaṇam* | *Piṅkala.* | *Piṅkala Nikaṇṭu* |
| *Kayā.* | *Kayātara Nikaṇṭu* | *Puṟa.* | *Puṟanāṉūṟu* |
| *Kallāṭam* | *Kallāṭam* | *Puṟapporuḷ.* | *Puṟapporuḷ Veṇpāmālai* |
| *Kali.* | *Kalittokai* | *Periya.* | *Periyapurāṇam* |
| *Kuṟaḷ* | *Tirukkuṟaḷ* | *Peruṅ.* | *Peruṅkatai* |
| *Kuṟun.* | *Kuṟuntokai* | *Perumpāṇ.* | *Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai* |
| *Kōṉēri. Upatēca.* | *Upatēcakāṇṭam* (by Kōṉēriyappa Nāvalar) | *Maṇi.* | *Maṇimēkalai* |
| | | *Matu.* | *Maturaikkāñci* |
| *Cilap.* | *Cilappatikāram* | *Malai.* | *Malaipaṭukaṭām* |
| *Ciṟupāṇ.* | *Ciṟupāṇāṟṟuppaṭai* | *Mullai.* | *Mullaippāṭṭu* |
| *Cīvaka.* | *Cīvakacintāmaṇi* | *Yacōtara.* | *Yacōtara Kāviyam* |
| *Cūṭā.* | *Cūṭāmaṇi Nikaṇṭu* | *Yāpp. Virutti* | *Yāpparuṅkala Virutti* |
| *Cūḷā.* | *Cūḷāmaṇi* | *Vacca.* | *Vaccaṇantimālai* |
| *Ñāṉa. Upatēca.* | *Upatēcakāṇṭam* (by Ñāṉavarōtayar) | *Vāla.Koṅkumaṇṭala.* | *Koṅkumaṇṭala Catakam* (by Vālacuntarakkaviñar) |
| *Tiruman.* | *Tirumantiram* | *Villi.* | *Villi Pāratam* |
| *Tiruvā.* | *Tiruvācakam* | *Vivēka.* | *Vivēkacintāmaṇi* |
| *Tiru. ulā* | *Tiruvārūr Ulā* | **comm.** | **commentary:** |
| *Tivā.* | *Cēntaṉ Tivākaram Nikaṇṭu* | *Iḷam.* | *Iḷampūraṇar* |
| *Tēvā.* | *Tēvāram* | *Caṅkara.* | *Caṅkaranamaccivāyar* |
| *Tol.* | *Tolkāppiyam* | *Cēṉā.* | *Cēṉāvaraiyar* |
| *(Eḻu., Col., Poruḷ.)* | *(Eḻuttatikāram,Cōllatikāram,* *Poruḷatikāram)* | *Nacc.* | *Nacciṉārkkiniyar* |
| | | *Mayilai.* | *Mayilainātar* |
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Abbreviations (contd.)
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Bibliographical: secondary sources and reference works
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| *AMD* | *An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary* |
| *ARE* | *Annual Reports on Epigraphy* (published by the ASI) |
| *Bhārhut Inscrs.* | *Brāhmī Inscriptions from Bhārhut* (*CII.* II, Part II) |
| *CII* | *Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum* |
| *CIPK* | *Caṅka Ilakkiya Poruṭ Kaḷañciyam* |
| CNR | C. Narayana Rao 1938-39 |
| D. | Prefixed to entries cited from *DEDR* |
| *DEDR* | *A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary* (second edition) |
| *DPL* | *A Dictionary of the Pāli Language* |
| *EI* | *Epigraphia Indica* |
| *Epi. Car.* | *Epigraphia Carnatica* |
| HKS | H. Krishna Sastri 1919 |
| *HTS* | *History of Tamil Nadu: Sangam Age (Political)* |
| *IAR* | *Indian Archaeology: A Review* |
| IM | I. Mahadevan 1968 (*Corpus of the Tamil-Brāhmī Inscriptions 1966*) |
| *Ind. Epi. Gl.* | *Indian Epigraphical Glossary* |
| *IPS* | *Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State* |
| *IPS(E)* | *Inscriptions in the Pudukkottai State* (translated into English) |
| *JESI* | *Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India* |
| Kittel | *A Kannada-English Dictionary* (ed. F. Kittel) |
| KVS | K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer 1919 |
| KZ | Kamil Zvelebil 1964 (1966) |
| Lüders List | A List of Brāhmī inscriptions from the earliest times to about A.D. 400 with the exception of those of Asoka (Appendix to *EI.* X). |
| Malala. | *A Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names* (ed. G.P. Malalasekara) |
| MSV | Mayilai Seeni Venkataswamy 1981 |
| MW | *A Sanskrit-English Dictionary* (ed. Monier Williams) |
| *Pallava Inscrs.* | *Inscriptions of the Pallavas* |
| *Pallavar Ceppēṭukaḷ* | *Pallavar Ceppēṭukaḷ muppatu* |
| *Pāṇṭiyar Ceppēṭukaḷ* | *Pāṇṭiyar Ceppēṭukaḷ pattu* |
| *PED* | *A Pāli-English Dictionary* (Pāli Text Society) |
| *Peru. Aka.* | *Peruñcol Akarāti* |
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Abbreviations (contd.)
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Secondary sources and Reference works (contd.)
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| *PSM* | *Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo* (A Comprehensive Prakrit-Hindi Dictionary) |
| Pulankurichi Inscrs. | Y. Subbarayalu and M.R. Raghava Varier 1991. |
| RN | R. Nagaswamy 1972 d. |
| RPS | R. Panneerselvam 1967 |
| *SII* | *South Indian Inscriptions* |
| *SITI* | *South Indian Temple Inscriptions* |
| *Tar.Ta.Aka.* | *Kriyāviṉ Taṟkāla Tamiḻ Akarāti* |
| *TAS* | *Travancore Archaeological Series* |
| *TL* | *Tamil Lexicon* |
| TVM | T.V.Mahalingam 1967 |
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Languages
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| AMg. | Ardhamāgadhī |
| Dr. | Dravidian |
| Go. | Gondi |
| IA | Indo-Aryan |
| Ka. | Kannada |
| LT | Literary Tamil |
| Ma. | Malayalam |
| MIA | Middle Indo-Aryan |
| Pāli | |
| PDr. | Proto-Dravidian |
| Pkt. | Prakrit |
| Sinh. | Sinhala |
| Skt. | Sanskrit |
| Ta. | Tamil |
| Te. | Telugu |
| To. | Toda |
| Tu. | Tulu |
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Grammatical
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| adj. | adjective |
| C | consonant |
| CV | syllable (consonant + vowel) |
| fem. | feminine |
| intj. | interjection |
| masc. | masculine |
| N. | Personal name |
| n. | noun |
| num. | numerical |
| obl. | oblique |
| P. | Place name |
| pl. | plural |
| PNG | person-number-gender |
| pron. | pronoun, pronominal |
| sing. | singular |
| SOV | subject-object-verb |
| V | vowel |
| v. | verb |
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Epigraphical
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| inscr(s). | inscription(s) |
| L. | Line |
| Ta.Br. | Tamil-Brāhmī |
| TB I-III | Tamil-Brāhmī orthographic systems (see sections 6.4-6.10). |
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General
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| ASI | Archaeological Survey of India |
| DE | Office of the Director of Epigraphy, ASI, Mysore |
| KSP | Kannada Sahitya Parishat |
| PILC | Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture |
| TNSA | Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology |