Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s48: 7.44 Adverbial clauses
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s48
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- c27.s48.t1 7.44.1 With the verbal participle (of cause) in absolute construction — 1 part
- c27.s48.t2 7.44.2 With the infinitive (of cause) in absolute construction — 2 parts
7.44 Adverbial clauses
7.44.1 With the verbal participle (of cause) in absolute construction
c27.s48.t1.1
112. . . . mēṟcēri-ku -y- āṭi -k-karukiya kōḻi
for mēṟcēri having fought (which was) carved cock
'(The image of) the cock was engraved after it had fought on behalf of Mēṟcēri . . .'
7.44.2 With the infinitive (of cause) in absolute construction
c27.s48.t2.1
61. . . . [*i*\*]ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō [*i*\*]ḷaṅkō āka
(i)ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō heir apparent having become
aṟutta kal
(which was) carved stone .
'The rock (-shelter) was carved when (I)ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō . . . became the heir apparent.'
c27.s48.t2.2
76. iḷaṅkāyipaṉ ēva akaḷ-ūr aṟam
iḷaṅkāyipaṉ when he commanded akaḷūr charity
'The charity by Akaḷūr (was endowed) at the bidding of Iḷaṅkāyipaṉ.'