[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.s5.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s5.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c26.s5.3 - **Language:** English ### [c26.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.3) | Apparent reading | Actual reading (with TB-I notation) | | \*\*kā ṇi ya nā na tā-\*\* | \*kaṇi-y nanta-\* 'name and title of a monk' (1.1-2)¹ | | \*\*ko ṭu pi tā vā ṉa\*\* | \*koṭupitavaṉ\* 'he who caused to be given' (11.2) | | \*\*i ḷā nā tā ṉa\*\* | \*iḷanataṉ\* 'name of a donor' (17.1) | - [Previous: c26.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.2) - [Next: c26.s5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.4) - [Up: c26.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c26.s5.3) · Pramāṇa