Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.46

c28.s1.t8.46

1. The top right corner of the letter appears incomplete as it is engraved over a cleft in the rock.
2. Siromoney & Jebarajan read *i*; Sampath and Natana Kasinathan read *ra*.
3. Siromoney & Jebarajan read *ḍhe*; Sampath and Natana Kasinathan read *ce*.
4. Read *eyil*. Cf. LT *eyil* 'fortified place, a place name'.
5. *ariytaṉ*. Cf. *harita* (Skt.), *harīta* (Pkt. inscr.). Cf. *ar-itaṉ* (No. 8). See section 6.19.2 on the pause.
6. *cēvittōṉ*. Cf. (inscr.) *cēvittāṉ*, LT *ceyvittāṉ*. See also n.9, No. 2.
7. 'the cave' is understood from the context.