[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.s33.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s33.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s33.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33.2) A characteristic feature of the inscriptions in the Corpus is the employment of participial nouns as finite verbs. Such participial nouns have been translated as finite verbs in the Corpus. e.g., - [Previous: c27.s33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33.1) - [Next: c27.s33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33.3) - [Up: c27.s33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s33.2) · Pramāṇa