Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.16
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.16
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c28.s7.t8.16
**b. *puta* (*putta*)** (Pkt.) < *putra* (Skt.) 'son'. The term occurs here as an honorific suffix and appears to be a loan-translation of *-māṉ* < *makaṉ*. See *-putō* (**59.1.b**) and *-māṉ* (*-māṉ*) (**59.2.c**).