Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t11.16
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c28.s8.t11.16
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c28.s8.t11.16
As the inscription is in (the present-day) Kerala, *aṇa* is likely to be a pre-Malayalam form, the earliest attested in an inscription. However, sporadic vowel alternation *ai* > *a* is met with in the Ta. Br. inscriptions from other regions also as in *kuṟa* (for *kuṟai* ) (11.1), *itta* (for *ittai*) (13.3), *matira* for *matirai* (27.1), etc.