Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t9.29
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t9.29
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c28.s6.t9.29
**b. *cēnta-a*** The genitive suffix ***-a*** is added to the noun stem after elision of the PNG suffix ***-aṉ***. Cf. ***vira-a*** (**79.1.c**). Cf. LT *cēntaṉ* 'a personal name' (*Kuṟun.* 258:4; *Naṟṟ.* 190:3). Cf. (inscr.) *kō-c-cēntaṉ-kūṟṟaṟku* 'of King Cēntaṉ Kūṟṟaṉ' (Pulankurichi Inscrs. II. 1, ca. 5th cent. A.D.); *kō māṟañ-cēntaṉ*, N. of a Pāṇṭiya king (*ARE 358/1959-60*, 7th cent. A.D.); *cēntaṉ pūtaṉ, purayaṉ cēntaṉ, cēntaṉ vēḷāṉ, tuppaṉ cēntaṉ* 'personal names' (*SII*. V:Nos. 307, 311, 330 & 366 respectively, Pāṇṭiya, ca. 9th cent. A.D.).
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- Naṟṟiṇai — Paṉṉāṭu Tanta Pāṇṭiyaṉ Māṟaṉ Vaḻuti, Tamil
- Kuṟuntokai — Pūrikkō, Tamil
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