Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.91
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t1.91
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c28.s6.t1.91
a. ***kāḷ*** (n.) 'pearl' (*TL*). Cf. *kāḻ* 'seed, stone, nut, kernel' (D. 1493) giving the clue to the etymology of the word.