Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t18.15

c28.s6.t18.15

**c. *-mān*** (*-māṉ*), suffix added to names or titles; from *makaṉ* (n.) lit., 'son' (with the loss of intervocalic *-k-* and fusion of *a -a* > *ā*), but with the meaning 'member of a clan or tribe', or as an honorific with the meaning 'exalted person' (D. 4616). It has been translated as *-putō* (*puttō*, Pāli) or *puta* (*putta*, Pkt.) in either sense. ***satiyaputō*** (**59.1**) is an example of the first usage and ***kaṭummiputa*** (**80.1**) of the second.