Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s13: 7.11 Sandhi of consonant and vowel

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s13

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c27.s13.t1 7.11.1 In personal names — 6 parts
c27.s13.t2 7.11.2 In place names — 9 parts

7.11 Sandhi of consonant and vowel

c27.s13.1

When a final consonant is followed by a vowel, they join to form the corresponding consonant-vowel (*uyirmey*). This process is also called natural sandhi (*iyalpu-p-puṇarcci*) in traditional grammar.

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*tēṉūr* (*tēṉ* + *ūr*) 73.2.a-b

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*nīraṇa-* (*nīr* + *aṇa-*) 'dam across the river' 120.2.a-b

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*māṇākkarārātaṇi* (*māṇākkar* + *ārātaṇi*)

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'penance of fast by the disciple' 115.5-6

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*Exceptions*

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There are many exceptions to the above rule in the Corpus due to the orthographic style of writing separately words and suffixes commencing with a vowel. The following list of exceptions is confined to 'inscriptional words' (as listed in the Inscriptional Glossary) including composite names, noun phrases, compound verbs, etc. There are more exceptions if a sentence is taken as the unit.