Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t8.27
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t8.27
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The dental *n* is a scribal error for the alveolar *ṉ*. This is one of the earliest attestations for the falling together of the sounds *n* and *ṉ* in Tamil. Cf. ***atiyan* neṭumān-** (**59.2**) and **kaccavanu** (**119.2.a**) with similar error. See section 7.7.2.