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Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.13

Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.13

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c28.s7.t8.13

***kaṭummiputa* (*kaṭumi-putta*)** appears to be a hybrid expression, the first part in Tamil and the second in Pkt., recalling ***satiyaputō***, the Pkt. equivalent of Ta. ***atiyamāṉ* (*satiya* > *atiya*; *putō*: *makaṉ* > *māṉ*)** (**59.1**). Analogously, the present expression may be interpreted as follows: