Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t15.6
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t15.6
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c28.s6.t15.6
The variant readings can be traced to the palaeography of the medieval period when the character *ra* and the medial *-ā* sign became indistinguishable. We learn from the present inscription that *karaṇṭai* is the correct reading. *karaṇṭai* is probably connected with *karaṭu* 'hillock, low hill' (*TL*), 'roughness, unevenness' (*D.* 1265).