Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t11.3
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t11.3
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c28.s7.t11.3
Cf. (inscr.) *ōlai eḻutuvāṉ* 'one who writes on palm-leaves, a scribe' (Pulankurichi Inscrs. II. 12, ca. 5th cent. A.D.); *ivv-eḻuttu veṭṭiṉēṉ* 'I incised the letters (of the inscription)' (*Pallava Inscrs.* No. 90: Line 59, 8th cent. A.D.). In later inscriptions, *eḻuttu* also meant the 'signature' of a witness attesting a document.