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# Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s13.2

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s13.2

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### [c27.s13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s13.2)

| \*ūratai-(ūr+ atai)\* | 'the \*a(n)tai\* of the village' | 56.1.c-2 |  
| \*uraṟam\* (\*ūr+ aṟam\*) | 'charity by the village' | 76.3.b-4 |  
| \*ēḷur\* (\*ēḷ\* + \*ur\* (\*ūr\*)) | | 121.1.a-b |  
| \*o(p)paṇa(p)pa-(oppaṉ\* + \*appa-)\* | | 79.1.a-b |  
| \*kāḷitika-(kāḷ\* + \*itika\* (\*-atika-\*)) | 'superintendent of pearls' | 3.6.a-b |

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