Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t5.7
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t5.7
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c28.s6.t5.7
Cf. Ta. *upparavar* 'a Telugu caste who are usually tank- and well-diggers and road-workers' (D. 626); *uppārakkāraṉ* 'one who plasters a wall' (*TL*); Ka. *uppāṟa* 'brick-layer, stonemason, plasterer' (D. 628). The occupational name occurs here as a personal name. See section 4.17.1.