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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t7: VII. Varichiyur

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t7

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VII. Varichiyur

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**15.1 paḻ[i]-y** (*paḷḷi-*) (n.) 'hermitage'. *-y* is the paragogic suffix. See **1.9**.

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**15.2 koṭupi...** (*koṭuppi...*) (v.) fragmentary; '... caused to be given'; probably past participial noun, causative, from *koṭu* 'to give'.

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**Analysis:** *koṭu* (stem) + *pi* (causative suffix)... The consonant *-p-* is not doubled.

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**16.1 ītā** (intj.) 'lo, behold, look here!' See **2.4**.

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**16.2 vaika** (*vaikka*) (v.) 'to endow'; infinitive from *vai* 'to put, deposit'.

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**Analysis:** *vai* (stem) + *k* (non-completive tense marker) + *a* (suffix of the infinitive). The consonant *-k-* is not doubled. Cf. **vepoṉ** (*veppōṉ*) (**13.4**).

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**16.3 nūṟu** (num.) 'one hundred' (D. 3729).

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Cf. LT *nūṟu ceṟuvāyiṉum* 'even if it be a hundred fields' (*Puṟa.* 184:3); *nūṟu* 'one hundred' (*Tivā.* 2188; *Piṅkala.* 2262; *Cūṭā.* 8:81).

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Cf. (inscr.) *kācu nūṟu* 'one hundred *kācu*' (*SII.* XIV: No. 8, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 8-9 cent. A.D.).

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**16.4 kala-** (n.) Attribute from *kalam* (n.) 'a measure of capacity' especially for paddy equal to about 29 kg. by weight.

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Cf. LT *kalam eṉ aḷavē* 'a measure known as *kalam*' (*Tol. Eḻu.* 168). (This meaning is recorded in *TL* but not in D. 1305.)

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The term *kalam* occurs very frequently in later Tamil inscriptions for quantities of paddy endowed to temples.

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Cf. (inscr.) *nellu nūṟṟu-k-kalam* 'hundred *kalams* of paddy' (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 139, 9th cent. A.D.).

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**16.5 nel** (n.) 'paddy' (D. 3753).

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Cf. LT *nel viḷai kaḻaṉi* 'field growing paddy' (*Puṟa.* 29:13); *nel* 'paddy' (*Piṅkala.* 2973; *Cūṭā.* 4:38).

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One hundred kalams of paddy were endowed for maintenance of the monastery. See section 4.15.1.

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**17.1 *iḷanataṉ*** N. of the donor.

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**a. *iḷa-*** (adj.) 'young'. See **2.7.a.**

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**b. *nataṉ*** 'a personal name'. See **48.4.**

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**17.2 *karu-iya*** (v.) 'which was carved'; adjectival past participle from **\**karu-u*** 'to carve'.

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**Analysis**: *karu-u* (stem) + *i* (past tense marker) + *y* (glide) + *a* (participial suffix).

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The verb is not attested elsewhere, but is clearly related to *karu* (n.) 'mould, matrix'; *karukku* (n.) 'engraving, carving, embossed work'; cf. Te. *karuvu* 'mould', Ka. *karu* (n.) 'embossed work, bas-relief' (D. 1280). See ***karukiya*** (*karukkiya*) 'which was carved' (**112.4**). See section 3.2.2 (v).

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**17.3 *nalmuḻa-ukai*** (n.) 'auspicious cave'.

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**a. *nal-*** (adj.) 'good' (D. 3610).

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Cf. LT *naṉmai* 'goodness' (*Tivā.* 1463; *Piṅkala.* 1789; *Cūṭā.* 11:159).

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**b. *muḻa-ukai*** (n.) 'cave'. This form is not attested elsewhere, but is clearly related to *muḻai* 'cavern' (D. 4994). The derivational suffixes *-u-kai* are added directly to the stem. See ***muḻākai*** (**7.3**).

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