Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.99
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t12.99
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**b. *iru-a-ar-um*** (*iru-ar-um*). The repetition of *a* (after a gap) is apparently a scribal error. *iru-ar* is a pronoun formed from the numeral *iru* 'two' (D. 474). The PNG suffix *-ar* and the particle *-um* 'also' are added in free form. This is a good example of the occurrence of initial vowels in non-initial positions as a result of 'analytical' writing in the Early Ta. Br. inscriptions. Also see **35.2** and **46.3**.