Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t5.35
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t5.35
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c28.s6.t5.35
Cf. (inscr.) *vātāpi koṇṭa naraciṅka-p-pōttaracar vayttatu* 'this was endowed by Naraciṅka Pōttaracar who took Vātāpi' (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 42, 7th cent. A.D.); *pavaṇanti vaitta aṟam* 'charity endowed by Pavaṇanti' (ibid. No. 74, 8th cent. A.D.); *ittēvar-k-kē-y ivaṉē vaitta tiruviḷakku* 'the sacred lamp endowed by himself to the same deity' (*SII*. XIV: No. 41, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 9th cent. A.D.). The verb *vai* 'to endow' is the most frequent expression to refer to temple endowments in medieval Tamil inscriptions. See also ***vaika* (*vaikka*) (16.2)**.