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# Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t3: Pugalur - 3

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s2.t3

- **Language:** English

### Pugalur - 3

### [c28.s2.t3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.1)

63. A. L. 1 \*\*yā ṟa rū ra ce ṅa kā ya pa ṉa\*\* L. 2 \*\*\[t\]ā¹ va ṉa ū ra² pa pi ṉa a ṉa ku ṟa ṟa ṉa\*\* L. 3 \*\*ṉa a ṟu pi ta ta a ti ṭa ṭā ṉa ma\*\*

### [c28.s2.t3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.2)

B. L. 1 \*yāṟṟūr ceṅkāyapaṉ\* \[ / \* \] L. 2 \*\[t\]āvaṉ-ūr-p-piṉ-aṉ\* ³ \*kuṟṟaṉ-\* L. 3 \*ṉ⁴ aṟupitta⁵ atiṭṭāṉam⁶\*

### [c28.s2.t3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.3)

L. 1 யாற்றூர் செங்காயபன் \[|\*\] L. 2 \[த\]ாவன்ஊர்ப் பின்அன் குற்றன் L. 3 ன் அறுபித்த அதிட்டானம்

### [c28.s2.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.4)

(To) Ceṅkāyapaṉ of Yāṟṟūr. The seat was caused to be carved by Piṇṇaṉ Kuṟṟaṉ of Tāvaṉūr.

### [c28.s2.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.5)

ILL. Tracing: Fig. 8.31. Estampage: Pl. 28.

### [c28.s2.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.6)

Locus On the stone bed at left inside the cave; worn out by prolonged occupation and barely visible. (See Fig. 1.10.)

### [c28.s2.t3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.7)

No. of lines 3

### [c28.s2.t3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.8)

Length L. 1 & 2: 51 cm. each; L. 3: 42 cm.

### [c28.s2.t3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.9)

Date ca. 2nd century A.D.

### [c28.s2.t3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.10)

Publ. \*ARE\* 342 \[A\]/1927-28. IM: 60/1966. HTS: 15.5 (pp. 57-62); RN: 16.3 (pp. 66-74); TVM: 14-III (left) (pp. 279-284, Pl. 24 middle).

### [c28.s2.t3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.11)

Notes  
1. The lower portion of the letter is damaged.  
2. There is a small circular depression between the 5th and 6th letters in L. 2.  
3. \*piṉṉaṉ\* 'younger brother', here as a personal name.  
4. The doubling of \*ṉ\* indicates sandhi with the vowel of the following word, which is, however, written separately. See section 6.17.4.  
5. \*aṟuppitta\*.  
6. See n.10, No. 49.

### [c28.s2.t3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s2.t3.15)

Figure 8.32. PUGALUR 4-6 Inscriptions Nos. \*64-66\*

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