[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.s35.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s35.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s35.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35.2) The adjectival past participle is derived by suffixing a past tense marker (\*-t-\*, \*-tt-\*, \*-nt-\* or \*-i-\*) and thereafter the participial suffix \*-a\*. The causative participle is formed with the further addition of the causative suffix \*-(p)pi-\* or \*-vi-\* immediately after the verb stem. - [Previous: c27.s35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35.1) - [Next: c27.s35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35.3) - [Up: c27.s35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s35.2) · Pramāṇa