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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.103

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.103

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c28.s6.t1.103

**Analysis**: *koṭu* (stem) + *pi* (causative suffix) + *t* (past tense marker) + *ōṉ* (PNG suffix). The consonants *-p-* and *-t-* are not doubled. The use of the participial noun rather than the finite verb is a characteristic feature of the Ta. Br. inscriptions. See section 7.30.