[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c22.s2.t2.26 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.26 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.26 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s2.t2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.26) \*cē-\*: 'to make' (LT \*cey\*). The verb occurs in the forms \*cē-iya\*, \*cēy-a\*, \*cētavar\* and \*cēvit-ōṉ\*. The \*cē-\* forms occur fairly commonly in Tamil inscriptions.² In my view, it is not necessary to 'correct' the inscriptional forms like \*cēta\* as \*ce(y)ta\* and \*cēvittāṉ\* as \*ce(y)vittāṉ\*. - [Previous: c22.s2.t2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.25) - [Next: c22.s2.t2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.27) - [Up: c22.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.26) · Pramāṇa