Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s7.t8.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c23.s7.t8.2
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c23.s7.t8.2
The term *kaṇaka* (<Pkt. *gaṇaka*) means an 'accountant'. The term *gaṇaka* occurs in this sense in the Sinhala-Brāhmī inscriptions.⁷ In later Tamil inscriptions, *kaṇakkaṉ* meant the 'accountant who maintained the accounts of the village or temple'.