Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t16.5

Cf. *mahārāja* (Skt.) 'king'; (Pkt. inscr.) *rāyan* 'king' (Lüders List:No. 1113); *maharaya* (*mahā-rāya*) (K.G. Krishnan, ed. 1989:Nos. 80, 84).