Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t1: 6.19.1 Pause in lieu of doubling of consonants
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t1
- Language
- English
6.19.1 Pause in lieu of doubling of consonants
c26.s19.t1.1
| (i) | *ataṭ-aṇam* (read *atiṭ-āṇam* for *atiṭṭānam*) | 'hermitage' | 50.3 |
| (ii) | *atiṭ-aṇam* (read *atiṭ-āṇam* for *atiṭṭānam*) | 'hermitage' | 49.8 |
| | The word occurs elsewhere in the Corpus as *atiṭṭānam* with the normal doubling of consonants (*-ṭṭ-*).³ | | 63.6 |
c26.s19.t1.2
³ See Commentary (49.8).
c26.s19.t1.3
It is interesting that this archaic orthographic convention occurs also in Tamil-Brāhmī legends on inscribed objects.
c26.s19.t1.4
(i) *kol-i- p-puṟai* 'Kolli Puṟai ' (Early Cēra coin from Karur).⁴
(ii) *kol-irum-puṟai -y* (*kolli* + *irum-*) 'Irumboṟai of Kolli ' (Early Cēra coin from Karur).⁵
(iii) *veḷ-i cāmpāṉ* 'Veḷḷi Cāmpāṉ' (silver ring from Karur).⁶
c26.s19.t1.5
⁴ See No. 7, Table 1.6 and Fig. 1.22 B.
c26.s19.t1.6
⁵ See No. 8, Table 1.6 and Fig. 1.22 C.
c26.s19.t1.7
⁶ See No. 7, Table 1.8 and Fig. 1.24 B.