Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s20.t3: 4.17.3 Carpenter

c23.s20.t3.1

The wooden posts or beams for the canopy in front of the cave shelter at Mamandur (No. *73*, ca. 3rd century A.D.) were made by a *ta(c)caṉ* 'carpenter'. The term *taccaṉ* can also mean a 'stone mason' as shown by the expression *perunta(c)caṉ* 'master mason' mentioned above.