Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t13.6
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t13.6
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c28.s6.t13.6
**b. *nāṭu*** (n.) 'country, district, province' (D. 3638). The word occurs in Caṅkam literature with the meaning 'country', and in later Tamil inscriptions also with the meanings 'territory or its assembly'. (Y. Subbarayalu 1973:pp. 19-55).