Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s24: 7.21 Numerals
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s24
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7.21 Numerals
c27.s24.1
Numerals are nouns which indicate numbers. The following numerals occur in the Corpus:
c27.s24.2
| Two: | *iru-* | *avviru-a-ar-um* 'those two persons also' | 45.3.b |
| | | *iruvar* 'two persons' | 48.5 |
| | | (both from *iru-* bound form of *iraṇṭu* 'two') | |
| Three: | | This number is uniquely represented by a figure comprising three short horizontal parallel strokes. (See section 5.16.) | 76.7.b |
| Five: | *aim-* | bound form of *aintu* 'five' | 116.1.a |
| | | See 'fifty-seven' below. | |
| Seven: | *ēḻ-* | *ēḻur* (*ēḻūr*) 'a place name' | 121.1.a |
| | | bound form of *ēḻu* | |
| | | See also 'fifty-seven' below. | |
| Ten: | *patt-* | bound form of *pattu* 'ten' | 116.1.b |
| | | See 'fifty-seven' below. | |
| | *patiṉ-* | *patiṉ-ūr* 'a place name' | 30.1.a |
| | | *patiṉ-* is a bound form of *pattu*. | |
| Fifty-seven: | | *aimpattēḻ(u)* | 116.1 |
| Hundred: | | *nūṟu* | 16.3 |