Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t5.15
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c22.s3.t5.15
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c22.s3.t5.15
*kaṇa-* 'scribe'.¹ In the Early Brāhmī cave inscriptions of Sri Lanka, *kaṇa* occurs with the meaning 'scribe'. It is derived from Skt. *karaṇa*.² The form *kaṇa* does not occur in Indian Prakrits in this sense. In later Tamil inscriptions, the corresponding expressions *karaṇa* (> *karṇam*) are directly borrowed from Sanskrit.