[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.t2.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.3 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s2.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.3) (e.g.) \*aṟu\* 'to cut', \*āku\* 'to become', \*ī\* 'to give', \*ēvu\* 'to command', \*koṭu\* 'to give', \*cey\* 'to make', \*toṭu\* 'to excavate', \*piṟa\* 'to be born', \*puṇaru\* 'to compose' and \*vai\* 'to endow'. - [Previous: c22.s2.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.2) - [Next: c22.s2.t2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.4) - [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.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.3) · Pramāṇa