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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.54

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c25.s12.t1.54

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c25.s12.t1.54

⁶ Cf. *aśaḍa* and the suffix *-(a)ya* in Sinhala-Prakrit inscriptions (S. Paranavitana 1970: Glossary). Interestingly, the Tamil form of the name occurs as *asaṭa[n]* in a pottery inscription from Kodumanal (KDM 38).