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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t6: VI. Marukaltalai

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t6

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VI. Marukaltalai

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**14.1 veṇkāsipaṉ** N. of the donor.

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**a. *veṇ*-** (adj.) Cf. *veḷ* 'pure, bright' (D. 5496a).

Sandhi: veḷ- > veṇ- before *-k*.

Cf. LT Veṇkaṇṇaṉār (author, *Aka.* 130), Veṇkorṟaṉār (author, *Kuṟun.* 86); *veṇmai 'vāl* (purity)' (*Tivā.* 1389; *Piṅkala.* 1930; *Cūṭā.* 8:20).

**b. *kāsipaṉ*** (N.) Cf. *kāśyapa* (Skt.), a patronym from *kaśyapa*, N. of a mythical ṛishi; N. of many persons (MW). The name occurs several times in the Corpus in variant forms like **kasapaṉ (*kassapaṉ*) (45.2)**, ***kāsipaṉ* (14.1.b)**, ***kāyapaṉ* (61.4.b, 62.4.b, 63.2.b)**, ***kāyipaṉ* (60.7.b, 76.1.b)** and ***kāyvaṉ* (*kāyivaṉ*) (104.2)**. See also ***kaccavaṉu* (*kaccavaṇu*) (119.2.a)**.

Cf. (Pkt. inscr.) *kasapa* (*Bhārhut Inscrs.* No. B17); *kassapa* (K.G. Krishnan, ed. 1989: No. 109); *kāsapa* (Lüders List: No. 158); *kassava* (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 3, ca. 4th cent. A.D.); *kaśaba* (Sinh. Pkt., Paranavitana 1970: No. 93c).

Cf. LT Kācipaṉ Kīraṉār (author, *Naṟṟ.* 248); *kācipaṉ* 'one of the seven presiding deities of the seven musical notes' (*Tivā.* addition to 1886; *Piṅkala.* 1418; *Cūṭā.* 10:39).

Cf. (inscr.) *kāśyapar*, N. of one of executors of a charitable endowment (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 100, 9th cent. A.D.); *kacavaṉ* 'a personal name' (*SII.* II: No. 94, 11th cent. A.D.).

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**14.2 kuṭupita** (*kuṭuppitta*) (v.) 'which was caused to be given'; adjectival past participle, causative, from *kuṭu* (LT *koṭu*) 'to give'. Cf. LT *koṭuppitta*.

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**Analysis:** *kuṭu* (stem) + *pi* (causative suffix) + *t* (past tense marker) + *a* (participial suffix). The consonants *-p-* and *-t-* are not doubled.

Cf. ***kuṭupitō[r*]*** **(45.4)**; The form *kuṭu* occurs in later inscriptions also.

Cf. (inscr.) *kuṭutta* 'which was given' (*SII.* XIV: Nos. 5,8, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 8-9 cent. A.D.); *kuṭuttāṉ* 'he gave' (*SII.* I: No. 75, Cēra, 11th cent. A.D.).

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**14.3 kal kañcaṇam** A stone structure (?)

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**a. *kal*** (n.) 'stone, boulder' (D. 1298), here used attributively. Elsewhere in the Corpus, ***kal*** stands for various stone artefacts like stone beds **(48.7)**, rock shelters **(61.15, 62.15 & 101.3)** and stone stopper **(114.3)**.

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Cf. LT *kal* 'stone' (*Tivā.* 868; *Piṅkala.* 3313; *Cūṭā.* 5:15)

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Cf. (inscr.) *perum pataṉ kal* 'the (touch) stone of Perumpattaṉ' ca. 3-4 cent. A.D. (see section 1.15 and Fig. 1.24E); *kal=tiru-k-kōyil* 'sacred stone temple' (*ARE* 358/1959-60, Pāṇṭiya, 7th cent. A.D.).

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b. **kañcaṉam** (n.) The meaning is uncertain, though the context indicates some kind of a stone structure. Cf. *kaṁcaṇa* (AMg.) 'a divine *vimāna*' (*PSM*) < *kāñcana* (Skt.) 'a particular form of temple' (MW).

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