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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.2

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.2

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c28.s6.t1.2

(n.) < *gaṇi* (Pkt.) < *gaṇin* (Skt.), title of the head of the order of Jaina monks known as the *gaṇa*. See section 4.9.3 (i) on the significance of the occurrence of this term in the cave inscriptions.