Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.123
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.123
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c28.s6.t12.123
**a. tiyaṉ** (N.) < *tissa* (Pkt.) < *tishya* (Skt.) 'the asterism Tishya; born under the asterism' (MW). Cf. (Pāli inscr.) *tisa* 'the asterism Tishya' (Asoka, *CII.* I:Dhau. Sep. I.17); *tisa* (Pkt.) 'a personal name' (Lüders List: Nos. 447, 1332, 1337); *tiśa* (Sinh. Pkt.) id. (Paranavitana 1970:Glossary; frequent).