[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.t2.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t2.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s19.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.2) These are personal names of donors derived from Harīta (Pkt.). The pause between \*r\* and \*i\* in the first example seems to signal that the following vowel \*i\* should be read as the diphthong \*-iy\* as made explicit in the second example. Cf. also \*ariti\* (34.²) and \*ariyti\* (25.¹.b), personal names of donors, derived from Hariti or Haritī (Pkt.).⁷ (iii) \*par-acu\* (Paracu) 9.² - [Previous: c26.s19.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.1) - [Next: c26.s19.t2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.3) - [Up: c26.s19.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.2) · Pramāṇa