[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.s3.t2.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.t2.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s3.t2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.2) The velar nasal \*ṅ\* occurs in the Corpus only as an allophone of \*m\* before \*-k\* in sandhi. (e.g.) \*peruṅkaṭuṅkōṉ\* (\*perum\* + \*kaṭum\* + \*kōṉ\*) 'a personal name' (61.9). - [Previous: c27.s3.t2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.1) - [Next: c27.s4.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s4.t1.1) - [Up: c27.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s3.t2.2) · Pramāṇa