Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s1.t8.52

c28.s1.t8.52

³ The alternative reading *ciḻivaṉ ataṉ* as a composite personal name is possible but less likely, as we would then have many inscriptions ending with the same name Ataṉ (Nos. *19, 20, 28, 31-33*). It is much more likely that these votive inscriptions end with *tāṉa* 'gift' (of so-and-so) as in similar label inscriptions at Bharhut, Mathura, Sanchi, etc. However, the name Ataṉ also occurs in the Corpus (e.g., Nos. *36 & 40*).