Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c18.12

c18.12

(i) before a full vowel in medial position (e.g., *kuv-an*);
(ii) to separate the paragogic suffixes *i*, *iy*, *y* and *y-i* from the stems (e.g., *siri-y-i*);
(iii) to separate a doubled consonant or a glide before external sandhi (e.g., *cel-l=irumpoṟai*, *kō-v=ātāṉ*);
(iv) to separate segments of some compounds (e.g., *poṉ-vāṇikaṉ*);
(v) to indicate an incomplete word at the end of a line.