[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c26.s19.t1 # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1.2) ³ See Commentary (49.8). ### [c26.s19.t1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1.5) ⁴ See No. 7, Table 1.6 and Fig. 1.22 B. ### [c26.s19.t1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1.6) ⁵ See No. 8, Table 1.6 and Fig. 1.22 C. ### [c26.s19.t1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1.7) ⁶ See No. 7, Table 1.8 and Fig. 1.24 B. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t1) · Pramāṇa