Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.20
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.20
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c22.s2.t2.20
(b) *-antai* as a bound suffix is seen to be merely honorific (like *-ayyaṉ* or *-appaṉ*) and does not literally mean 'father of' as interpreted in Tamil grammatical tradition.¹