Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t2.6
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s19.t2.6
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c26.s19.t2.6
This is a personal name of a donor.¹ The pause between *r* and *a* seems to signal that the following vowel is to be read as the diphthong *ai*. Cf. (inscr.) pairs like *aracu* / *araicu* and *uvaccaṉ* / *uvaiccaṉ*; cf. LT *amaiccu* < Pkt. *amacca*.