Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.20

c28.s7.t8.20

The proposed interpretation of *kaṭumān* as derived from *kaṭum makaṉ* 'the ferocious man' is confirmed by the loan-translations of *kaṭum-* as *ugra-* 'ferocious' in the name *ukkira peruvaluti* (*Puṟa.* 21 & 367, colophon) and of *-māṉ* < *makaṉ* as *-puta* in this inscription and *-putō* in No. **59**.