[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) › c27.s14.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s14.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s14.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s14.2) | \*pērataṉ\* (\*peru\* \> \*pēr\* + \*ataṉ\*) | | 13.2.a-b | | \*pēr-ay-am\* (\*peru\* \> \*pēr\* + \*ayam\*) | 'large tank' | 35.2.a-b | | \*pērūr\* (\*peru\* \> \*pēr\* + \*ūr\*) | | 56.1.b-c | - [Previous: c27.s14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s14.1) - [Next: c27.s15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s15.1) - [Up: c27.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s14.2) · Pramāṇa