Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t6.19
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t6.19
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c28.s1.t6.19
| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.6. Estampage: Pl. 7. |
| **Locus** | On the brow of the lower cave, above the drip ledge on the Uvāmalai hill. (See Fig. 1.13.) |
| **No. of lines** | 1 |
| **Length** | 132 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 2nd century B.C. |
| **Publ.** | *ARE* B. 276/1965-66 (with Pl.). IM:7/1966. *HTS*:2.1 (pp. 44-45); RN:2.1 (pp. 53-54); RPS:6 (pp. 163-197). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | *ṇā* in *ARE*. A small cleft in the rock cuts across the letter horizontally. |
| 2. | *ña* in *ARE*. |
| 3. | *pāṅkāṭṭa*; construed as *pāṅkāṭu* + *a* 'of Pāṅkāṭ(u)'. Cf. LT *kāṭṭa* (*kāṭu* + *a*) 'of the forest'. |
| 4. | *aritaṉ*. Cf. *harita* (Skt.), *harīta* (Pkt. inscr.). See section 6.19.2 on the pause between *r* and *i*. |
| 5. | *koṭṭupittōṉ*. See n.9, No. *1*. and n.3, No. *4*. |
| 6. | 'the drip ledge' is understood from the context. |