Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t8.45
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t8.45
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c28.s6.t8.45
**23.1 *ku[vi]rā*** (*kuvira* + *ā*) 'of Kuviraṉ'. N. of the donor in genitive case; construed as *kuviraṉ* + *ā* (genitive suffix). Cf. **kuviraṉ (21.2)**. The genitive suffix *-ā* is added to the noun stem after elision of the PNG suffix *-aṉ*. See section 7.16.6. cf. ***nali-y-ūr-ā* (65.1)** and ***nalli-y-ūr-ā* (66.1)** for other occurrences of the genitive suffix *-ā*.