Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.2
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.2
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c28.s7.t8.2
**a. *opaṉ* (*oppaṉ*).** A personal name derived from *oppu* 'beauty' (D. 924) with the addition of the PNG suffix *-aṉ*. The consonant *-p-* is not doubled. Cf. Ka. *oppa*, Te. *oppu* 'elegance, beauty' (ibid.).