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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.24

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.24

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c28.s6.t16.24

(i) Cf. *kuṭumbika* (Skt.) 'taking care of a household'; *kuṭumbin* 'a householder'; (MW); *kuḍumbiya* (AMg.) 'a member of a family' (AMD).(Sinh. Pkt. inscr.) *kuṭubika* 'householder' (Paranavitana 1970: No. 233; according to him, the term has almost the same significance as *gahapati*; ibid. Intr. p. lxxxix).