Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s5.13

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**Loanwords**: Loanwords from Indo-Aryan occurring in the Corpus are identified and parallels from Prakrit inscriptions (especially from South India and Sri Lanka) cited to illustrate their usage. Etymology of the loanwords is also investigated and their derivation from Sanskrit through Middle Indo-Aryan (or directly as in the Late Period) suggested. (See also the Etymological Indexes in Appendices IV to VI.)