Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.32
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.32
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c28.s6.t16.32
**b.** *aiyaṉ* an honorific suffix. Cf. *ai* 'lord, master'; *ayyaṉ*, *aiyaṉ*, 'superior person, master' (D. 196a; alternative derivation from *ayya* (Pāli) < *ārya* (Skt.) suggested with a query). The variant *ayaṉ* (*ayyaṉ*) occurs in this inscription itself (**55.5.b**).