Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s1.t5.5

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| Stems in the Corpus | Dravidian (Appendix IV) No. | Dravidian (Appendix IV) % | Indo-Aryan (Appendix V) No. | Indo-Aryan (Appendix V) % | Doubtful Etymology (Appendix VI) No. | Doubtful Etymology (Appendix VI) % | Total No. | Total % |
| In Tamil-Brāhmī Inscriptions (*1-89*): | | | | | | | | |
| Stems | 213 | 69.38 | 81 | 26.38 | 13 | 4.24 | 307 | 100.00 |
| Frequency | 339 | 71.67 | 118 | 24.95 | 16 | 3.38 | 473 | 100.00 |
| In Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu Inscriptions (*101-121*): | | | | | | | | |
| Stems | 43 | 67.19 | 20 | 31.25 | 1 | 1.56 | 64 | 100.00 |
| Frequency | 61 | 71.16 | 22 | 25.88 | 2 | 2.36 | 85 | 100.00 |
| Total for the Corpus: | | | | | | | | |
| Stems | 256 | 69.00 | 101 | 27.23 | 14 | 3.77 | 371 | 100.00 |
| Frequency | 400 | 71.68 | 140 | 25.09 | 18 | 3.23 | 558 | 100.00 |