[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) › c29.s6.3 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6.3 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6.3 - **Language:** English ### [c29.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.3) | ETYMA | REF. NO. | DRAVIDIAN | INSCRL. PKT. | PĀLI | AMg. | SKT. | | \*\*akaram\*\* (P.) | 108.1 | \*\*nakar, nakaram\*\* 'town, city' (D. 3568) | aggahāra 'brahman village' | | | agrahāra | | \*\*aṭaṇ\*\* (\*\*aṭṭaṇ\*\*) (N.) | 46.3.b | \*\*aṭṭaṇ, āṭṭaṇ\*\*; prob. from \*\*aṭu\*\* 'to conquer', \*\*āṭu\*\* 'victory' (D. 77) | aṭha (N.); aṭa (Sinh. Pkt.) | aṭṭha | aṭṭha | artha | | \*\*ayaṇ\*\* (\*\*ayyaṇ\*\*) (n.) \*\*aiyaŋ\*\* | 55.5.b 55.3.b | \*\*ai\*\* 'lord, master' (D. 196a) | aya- | ayya | ajja | ārya | | \*\*ila-\*\* (\*\*īla-\*\*) | 55.2.a | \*\*īlam\*\* 'toddy' (D. 549) | sīhala \> īlam(?) 'Ceylon' (D.550) | sīhala | siṁhala | siṁhala | | \*\*cantaṇ\*\* (N.) | 29.1.c, 43.2.b, 47.1.b | \*\*cantaṇ\*\* (N.) (Piṅkala. 756); cf. \*\*cantam\*\* 'beauty' (D. 2328) | caṁda | canda | caṁda | candra | | \*\*cant(a)-\*\* | 5.1.a, 29.1.a | | | | | | | \*\*tacaŋ\*\* (\*\*taccaŋ\*\*) (n.) cf. \*\*taita\*\* (\*\*taitta\*\*)'made' (101.2); \*\*tacca.\*\* | 73.8, 117.3.b | \*\*tai\*\* 'to make, create' (TL), 'to fasten beams' (D. 3473); cf. \*\*tac-\*\* / \*\*tāc-\*\* in Kuwi (ibid.) | | tacchaka | taccha | takṣhaṇ | - [Previous: c29.s6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.2) - [Next: c29.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.4) - [Up: c29.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6) ## Cites (3) - [Ērān](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir) - [Siṃhala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.sinhala) — Sinhala - [Candra](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.east.candra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.3) · Pramāṇa