Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.88
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t2.88
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c28.s7.t2.88
An exceptional doubling of the word-final consonant *ṉ* occurs in the phrase ***kuṟṟaṉṉ aṟupitta***. The doubling (***-ṉṉ-***) is due to the implicit sandhi with the succeeding word *aṟupitta* commencing with a vowel. However, the final ***ṉ*** is written separately and not combined with the following vowel. See also ***amaṇṇaṉ*** (**61.2 & 62.2**), ***kaṭummi*** (**80.1.a**) and ***tuṟukayyuḷḷāru*** (**114.1-2**). A stem-final consonant (other than *r* and *ḻ*) is doubled in LT only if the stem is monosyllabic with a short vowel. Hence the doubling of stem-final consonant in these cases is exceptional.