Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t9.38
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s6.t9.38
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**30.2 *atai*** (n.) variant of *antai*, honorific. See **3.7.a** for comments on *antai*. In *atai* the nasal *-n-* is omitted. Cf. ***nataṉ*** (**48.4**) for Nantaṉ. Cf. *attaṉ* 'elder, person of rank or eminence' (D. 142). The donor was important enough to be described as the *a(n)tai* of Patiṉūr not needing to be identified by his personal name. Cf. ***nākapērūr atai-y*** (**56.1-2**).