[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.t2.8 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.8 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s2.t2.8 - **Language:** English ### [c22.s2.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.8) (e.g.) \*irum\* 'great', \*iḷa(m)\* 'young', \*kaṭu(m)\* 'ferocious', \*kuṟu(m)\* 'short', \*ciṟu\* 'small', \*cem\* 'good', \*nal\* 'good', \*neṭu(m)\* 'great', \*peru(m)\* 'large, great' and \*veḷ\* 'white, pure'. - [Previous: c22.s2.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.7) - [Next: c22.s2.t2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.9) - [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.t2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c22.s2.t2.8) · Pramāṇa