[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.s40.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s40.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s40.2 - **Language:** English ### [c27.s40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40.2) \*-um\*: occurs as an intensifying particle in the sense 'too, also'. \*avviru-a-ar-um\* 'those two persons also' 45.3.b The reference is to two donors who also joined the others named in the inscriptions in making the gift. The particle occurs here in free form. - [Previous: c27.s40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40.1) - [Next: c27.s40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40.3) - [Up: c27.s40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s40.2) · Pramāṇa