Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s21.t2.3

c23.s21.t2.3

The term *tāyiyaru* does not occur in Tamil and seems to be an early loanword from Kannada; *piṇṇaṉ* occurs not in the literal sense of the term, but as a personal name. The word *sālakaṉ* is derived from Prakrit where, however, it has a different sense; cf. Pkt. *sālaka* < Skt. *syālaka* 'wife's brother'. The term has the same meaning in the inscription as Ta. *cakalaṉ* 'sister-in-law's husband'.