Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t5.17

c28.s6.t5.17

**b. ataṉ-ōṉ** (N.) Cf. **pēr-ataṉ** (**13.2**). The two persons whose names occur in adjoining inscriptions were probably related to each other. The personal names Ataṉ as well as Ātaṉ occur in the Corpus. (See Index to Personal Names in Appendix II). Cf. LT *ataṉkōṭṭ-ācāṉ* 'teacher from Ataṉ-kōṭu' (*Tol. Pāyiram*). Cf. (inscr.) *kuviraṉ ataṉ*, *ataṉ asaṭaṉ*, *kaṇṇaṉ ataṉ*: personal names in the Ta. Br. inscriptions on pottery from Kodumanal (Y. Subbarayalu, Catalogue of Pottery Inscriptions from Kodumanal 1996, unpublished: Nos. 31, 38 & 113 respectively). See **59.1.a** for further discussion. The PNG suffix *-ōṉ* is added here in free form to the personal name. Cf. (inscr.) *kuvāvaṉ -cāttaṉ=ēṉ* 'I, Kuvāvaṉ Cāttaṉ' (*IPS*. No. 18, 9th cent. A.D.).