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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s7.t2.25

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c27.s7.t2.25

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c27.s7.t2.25

The commentators identify the word as *tapu* 'to die, destroy'. From the examples in the commentaries, it appears that the rule relates only to words of more than one syllable and ending in short -*u*.