Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s15.t2.6

c26.s15.t2.6

The situation is less clear in respect of the final occurrences of *-ū* which have to be read as *-u* according to rule (a). Items 15 and 16 may be read respectively as *paracu* and *piṇa(v)u* probably with the short *-u* finally as required by the rule. However, as item 15 is a personal name and item 16 is not attested elsewhere, one cannot be sure about the length of the final *-u* in these cases. Items 10 and 14 have to be emended respectively as *kuṉṟa(t)tu* and *nikama(t)tu* as in Literary Tamil; one should then expect the shortened *-u* in the final position in these cases and not the short *-u* as required by this rule.