Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s4.t3.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s4.t3.2
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c23.s4.t3.2
One of the inscriptions (No. **80**) reads *kaṭummiputa cēra* (Kaṭumiputta Cēra). The hybrid expression in the first part of the name seems to be a title comprising *kaṭumi-* 'the ferocious one' and *-puta* = *-makaṉ* > *-māṉ* 'man'. The expression may thus be equated with *kaṭumān*, a title borne by the Cēra kings, Kuṭṭuvaṉ Kōtai ² and Māntarañcēral Irumpoṟai.³ The title *kaṭummiputa* resembles *satiyaputō* borne by the Atiyamāṉs of Takaṭūr (No. **59**).