Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t7.31

c28.s1.t7.31

1. HKS reads *ṭū*, KVS *ṭu* and TVM *ṟu*.
2. The slanting chisel cut across the vertical of the letter does not appear to belong to it.
3. HKS and KVS read *lē*, TVM *pō*, and *e* by me earlier. Addition of double strokes at the top of the vowel *o* is a noteworthy feature.
4. A pair of symbols, also repeated at the end of No. *13*. (The symbols were probably added at the end of No. *11* also, but now lost.) The symbol at left is found at other sites also. See section 5.18.
5. Read *kūṟu* 'section, division, part, share'. Cf. also *kuṟa* (LT *kuṟai*) (No. *11*).
6. *koṭṭal*-, verbal noun from LT *koṭṭu*. See also n.3, No. 4.
7. *ceṟṟ-ataṉ*-. Cf. LT *ciṟu* > *ciṟṟ*- before a vowel; *ceṟṟu* (Ma.). Cf. *pē[r]ataṉ* in No. *13*.
8. 'of the cutting (of the drip ledge)' is understood from the context. See also Nos. *11* & *13*.