Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t12.3

c28.s7.t12.3

This is the earliest occurrence of the word spelt with the doubled consonants *-ḷḷ-* as in LT. (See **83.6** for another example.) However, cf. *paḷi-* (for *paḷḷi-*) (**89.4**) in the adjacent inscription of about the same period, illustrating the optional use of single or doubled consonants in Ta. Br. See **1.9** for further comments.