Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.118
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.118
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c28.s7.t2.118
Surely not all members of the family would be named after their sons! (What were they called before they had sons?) The ballad also refers to *nākantai pēraṉ* 'grandson of Nākantai' (ibid. 43), *kottantai pēra*(ṟ)* grandson of Kottantai' (ibid. 88) and *nākantai ceṭṭiyār kumāraṉ-āṉa tericaṇa ceṭṭiyār* 'Tericaṇa Ceṭṭiyār, son of Nākantai Ceṭṭiyār' (ibid. 43, prose passage). In these contexts, *-antai* cannot possibly mean 'father of'.