[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) › c28.16 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.16 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.16 - **Language:** English ### [c28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.16) The employment of a single consonant to represent doubled consonants is regarded as an orthographic variation and is not emended in the text; however, the corresponding linguistic forms with doubled consonants are pointed out in the footnotes (e.g., \*\*pā\*\* \*\*ḷi\*\* \> \*paḷi\* \> \*paḷḷi\* 'hermitage'). - [Previous: c28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.15) - [Next: c28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.17) - [Up: c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.16) · Pramāṇa