[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.t2.6 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s19.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.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\*. - [Previous: c26.s19.t2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.5) - [Next: c26.s19.t2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.7) - [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.t2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s19.t2.6) · Pramāṇa