Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s4.5

c29.s4.5

**Dravidian Parallels** are given in col. 3, mostly from *Dravidian Etymological Dictionary (DEDR;* entry numbers are marked D.) or from *Tamil Lexicon (TL).* For entries not found in these two sources, literary or inscriptional references are cited. Names of Dravidian languages are abbreviated as in *DEDR.* Literary and inscriptional citations and discussion on etymology will be found in the Commentary on the entries indicated by the Reference Numbers.