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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t6.2

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t6.2

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c28.s6.t6.2

**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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