Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t3.14

c28.s6.t3.14

Cf. LT *ōcaṉ*, '*ācāriyaṉ*' (*Piṅkala*. 783); *ōcaṉ* '*upāttiyāyaṉ*' (*Cūṭā*. 2:7); *ōccaṉ* '*kaṇakkāyaṉ*' (*TL Supplement*), all with the meaning 'teacher'; *uvaccaṉ* 'member of a caste of temple drummers and pūjāris of *kāḷi*' (*TL*). Cf. *DEDR* Appendix: No. 18 for derivation from IA.