[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.s49 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s49: 7.45 Agreement between subject and predicate Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s49 - **Language:** English ### 7.45 Agreement between subject and predicate ### [c27.s49.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s49.1) | No. | Subject | Predicate | | | 5. | \*cantaritaṉ\* cantaritaṉ (3rd person, singular, masculine) 'Cantaritaṉ caused to be given.' | \*koṭupitōṉ\* he who caused to be given (3rd person, singular, masculine) | | | 6. | \*. . . nikamatōr\* they of the merchant guild (3rd person, epicene pl.) 'The members of the merchant guild . . . carved.' | \*koṭi-ōr\* they who carved (3rd person, epicene pl.) | | | 45. | \*. . . avviru-a-ar-um\* those two persons also (3rd person, epicene pl.) ' . . . those two persons also caused to be given.' | \*kuṭupitō\*\[\*r\*\\*\] they who caused to be given (3rd person, epicene pl.) | | | 35. | \*vēmpiṟ-ūr\* vēmpiṟṟūr (inferred pl.) '(The Assembly of) Vēmpiṟṟūr constructed the large tank.' See Commentary (35.1) for discussion. | \*pēr-ay-am\* large tank | \*cētavar\* they who made (3rd person, epicene pl.) . | --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c27.s49) · Pramāṇa