[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.s6.4 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6.4 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c29.s6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c29.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.4) | ETYMA | REF. NO. | DRAVIDIAN | INSCRL. PKT. | PĀLI | AMg. | SKT. | | \*\*nākaṇ\*\* (N.)¹ | 48.2 | nākar | nāga | nāga | ṇāga | nāga | | \*\*ṇākaṇ\*\* | 72.1 | | | | | | | \*\*ṇākaṇ\*\* | 37.1 | | | | | | | \*\*nāka-\*\* \< \*\*nākaṇ\*\* (or) \*\*nākam\*\* | 56.1.a | | | | | | | \*\*pē\*\* (n.) | 21.1.a | pēy (Ta.), pē (Ma.) (D. 4438) | | pēta | pēya | prēta | | \*\*satiya-\*\* (N.)² | 59.1.a | atiyaṇ, atiyar (LT) \< \* catiya | satiyaputō, cātiyaputa- | | | | | cf. \*\*atiyan\*\* (59.2.a) | | | | | | | - [Previous: c29.s6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.3) - [Next: c29.s6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.5) - [Up: c29.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c29.s6.4) · Pramāṇa