[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003) › c28.s8.t1.2 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t1.2 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t1.2 - **Language:** English ### [c28.s8.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1.2) \*\*a. \*cam-\*\*\* (adj.) 'good, beautiful'. Cf. \*cem-\* 'straight', \*cemmai\* 'beauty, goodness' (D. 2747). Cf. \*\*\*campokal\*\*\* \*\*(105.1)\*\*. The LT form \*cem-\* also occurs in the Corpus as in \*\*\*ceṅkuviraṉ\*\*\* \*\*(22.1)\*\*, \*\*\*ceṅkāyapaṉ\*\*\* \*\*(61.4)\*\* and \*\*\*cēntaṉṟaṉ\*\*\* \*\*(109.1)\*\*. - [Previous: c28.s8.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1.1) - [Next: c28.s8.t1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1.3) - [Up: c28.s8.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c28.s8.t1.2) · Pramāṇa