Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.36
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.36
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c28.s6.t12.36
Cf. *gaṇaka* (Pāli) 'accountant, an office at the king's court' (*PED*). Ataṉ, donor's father, is described as a ***kaṇaka*** 'accountant' as well as the ***kaṇatikaṉ*** 'chief of scribes'. The scribe figures often as a donor in Pkt. inscriptions. Cf. *lēkhaka* 'clerk (scribe)' (Lüders List: Nos. 209, 1037, 1045, etc.); *rāja-lipikara* 'royal scribe' (ibid. No. 271).