Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.4
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s7.t8.4
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c28.s7.t8.4
**b. *apa-* (*appa-*)** Attribute from *appaṉ* (n.) 'an honorific'. The consonant *-p-* is not doubled. Cf. Ka. *appa* 'frequently added to the proper names of men as a term of common respect' (D. 156a).