Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t14.5
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t14.5
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c28.s2.t14.5
| **ILL.** | Tracing: Fig. 8.36B. Estampage: Pl. 34B. |
| **Locus** | On the rock floor outside the cave known as Pañcaṇāṟpaṭi on the hill to the south of the village; weather-worn and faint. |
| **No. of lines** | 2 |
| **Length** | L. 1:111 cm.; L. 2:102 cm. |
| **Date** | ca. 3rd century A.D. |
| **Publ.** | Natana Kasinathan 1991(with Pl.). M. Chandiramurthy 1992: pp. 1-3. |
| | I. Mahadevan 1994a: pp. 116-134 (with Pl.). M.D. Sampath 1994: pp. 91-95 (with eye copy). |
| **Notes** | |
| 1. | Very faintly seen; omitted by Natana Kasinathan and Chandiramurthy; read doubtfully as *e* by me earlier. The letter has been identified as *i* by Sampath. |
| 2. | Natana Kasinathan and Chandiramurthy read *sa* and Sampath *ḷa*. |
| 3. | The *puḷḷi* is placed inside the letter. |
| 4. | Natana Kasinathan reads *sa*, Chandiramurthy *ḻ*, and Sampath *ḷ*. |
| 5. | A slanting cleft cuts across this letter. |
| 6. | The letter is reversed by scribal error. |
| 7. | The numeral 3 comprises three horizontal parallel lines. |
| 8. | Cf. LT *ceyta*. |
| 9. | *atiṭṭāṉam*. |
| 10. | Collectively by the village. |
| 11. | The phrase 'three seats' corresponds to the three stone beds seen in the cave, proving that the expression *atiṭṭāṉam* refers to a 'stone bed'. See also n.10, No. **49** and n.5, No. **66**. |