Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.30
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.30
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c28.s6.t12.30
**a.** ***kaṇa-*** (n.) Cf. *karaṇa* (Skt.) 'writer, scribe; the occupation of this class is writing, accounts' (MW). In the Early Brāhmī inscriptions of Sri Lanka, *kaṇa* (< *karaṇa*) occurs with the meaning 'scribe' (Paranavitana 1970:Intr. p. xcv.)