[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.s34.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s34.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s34.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.2) | \*ko(ṭ)tal-ku\* (\*koṭṭu\* + \*al\* + \*ku\*) 'for carving' (with dative case suffix) | 12.2 | - [Previous: c27.s34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.1) - [Next: c27.s34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.3) - [Up: c27.s34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s34.2) · Pramāṇa