Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s5.12

c29.s5.12

| ETYMA (IN THE CORPUS) | REF. NO. | INSCRL. PKT. | PĀLI | AMg. | SKT. |
| **caiy-alaṇ (caiyaḷaṇ) (N.)** (cf. LT *caiyam*) | 57.2 | cf. *sīhila* (or) *sahya* | cf. *sēhala* | cf. *sīhala*, *simhala* | *saimhala* < *simhala*; *saimhaḷaka* (inscr.); (or) *saimha* < *simha*; (or) *sahya* (mountain) |
| **tāra- (n.)** | 44.2.a | | *dhārā* (or) *darī* | *dhārā* (or) *dāra* | *dhārā* (or) *dāra* |
| **tāṇa (n.)** | 19.4, 20.4, 23.2, 28.2, 31.3, 32.2, 33.2 | *dānaṁ*, *dāna*; *dana* (Sinh. Pkt.) | *dāna* | *daṇa* | *dāna* |
| **tiyaṇ (N.)** | 47.1.a | *tisa*; *tiśa* (Sinh. Pkt.) | *tissa* | *tissa* | *tishya* |
| **tēvaṇ (N.)** | 84.4.d, 85.4.a | *dēva* | *dēva* | *dēva* | *dēva* |
| **nakkaṇ (N.)** | 103.1 | | *nagga* | *ṇagga* | *nagna* |
| **nanta- (N.)** **nataṇ** | 1.2.a, 2.2.a 17.1.b, 44.1.c, 48.4 | *namda*, *nada* | *nanda* | *ṇamda* | *nanda* |
| **nata-** | 3.2.a | | | | |
| **nanti (N.)** | 116.4.b | *namdi*, *nandi* | *nandi*, *nandin* | *ṇamdi* | *nandi*, *nandin* |
| **ṇanti** | 115.3.b | | | | |
| **natti** | 4.2, 69.3 | | | | |
| **namō (n.)** | 115.1.a | *namō* | *namō* | *ṇamō* | *namas*, *namō* |
| **nikama- (n.)** | 3.4 | *nigama* | *nigama* | *ṇigama* | *nigama* |
| **nikamatōr** **(nikamattōr)** | 6.2 | *nēgama*, *nēkama* | *nēgama* | *ṇēgama* | *naigama* |