Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.3

c31.3

abode (of ascetics) 15, 24, 105, 110, 132, 133, 329, 351, 388, 403, 405, 407, 554, 563, 581, 591, 593 Accaṇanti 139 accountant 15, 110, 123, 124, 373, 571 accusative (second) case 289 adjectival participles 296-98 adjectives 105, 299-300 administration (in early Tamil society) 122-26 adverbial clauses 302, 305 adverbial participles 298 Akaḻūr (Agalur) 156, 427, 607 Agastya 24, 169 agriculture 140 Aiyarmalai (inscr.) 38, 97, 98, 157, 387, 580-81 Ājīvika 81, 103, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133 Akaram 461, 623 Alagankulam (pottery inscrs.) 45-46, 49, 53, 55, 60, 92, 121, 147, 148, 149, *154*, 155, 156, 160, 169, 206, 243, 249 Alagarai 47, 53, 160 Alagarmalai (inscrs.) *12*, 13, 15, 23, 38, 84, *88*, 92, 97, 98, 116, 122, 123, 127, 129, 131, 135,137, 140, 141, 153, 234, 369-83, 569-80 Alexandria 155, 163 alphabetic scripts 163 alpha-syllabic writing 263 Āḻvārs 137 Amaravathi (river) 50 Amaravati 111, 160, 161 Ammankoyilpatti (inscr.) 38, 92, 94, 97, 98, 125, 157, 185, 197, 214, 439, 614-16 *ampalam* 163 amphora (inscribed) 43, 49, 56 Anaikoddai (seal) 50, 64, 208, 209 Anaimalai (inscr.) 13, 38, 74, 75, 80, 84, 86, 90, 97, 98, 130, 137, 157, 198, 203, 234, 237, 403, 591-92 Andhra kings 201, 205. *See also* Sātavāhanas. Andhra (Pradesh / region) 43, 48, 71, 94, 151, 159, 161, 167, 176, 177, 184, 193, 204, 235 Andippatti (hoard) 80, 121, 236 Andronov, M. 297 Antai Ariyti 353, 564 Antai Assutaṉ 319, 550 Antai Cēnta(ṉ) 357, 565 Antai Irāvataṉ 354, 564 Antai Pikkaṉ 345, 561 Antai Vissuvaṉ 355, 565 Antuvaṉ 391, 583 *anusvāra* 79, 80, 173, 177, 226 appellative nouns 145-46, 283 Arachalur (inscrs.) 21, 38, 80, 84, 90, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 144, 158, 184, 185, 186, 198, 441-43, 616-18 Aramaic 210 Arasalapuram (inscr.) 30, 41, 97, 99, 158, 159, 184, 467, 624-26 Araṭṭa Kāyipaṉ 132, 403, 592 Ardhamāgadhī loanwords 112, 113 Arikamedu (pottery inscrs.) 43, 44, 49, 53, 54, 60, 74, 91, 92, 144, 147, 150, 160, 169, 178, 181, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190, 196, 205, 223, 234, 235, 237, 248 Aritaṉ 327, 553 Āritaṉ 132, 403, 591-92 Ariti 365, 568 Arittapatti (inscr.) 4, 5, 38, 97, 98, 121, 137, 157, 325, 552 Ariytaṉ 343, 560 arretine ware 43 *Arthaśāstra* 123 Āruṇāṭṭārmalai 17 Ārya-eḻuttu 212 Asoka 23, 115, 128, 161, 162 Asokan Brāhmī (alphabet) 3, 74, 76, 93, 167, 171, 175, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 187, 196, 210 Asokan edicts (inscrs.) 3, 23, 69, 73, 90, 111, 115, 120, 126, 161, 162, 168, *174*, 180, 181, 203, 226 assembly (of village) 125, 367, 568 assembly (of learned persons) 24, 110, 124, 125, 445, 618-19 assimilation (in loanwords) 177, 245 Ataṉ 373, 571 Ātaṉ 435, 611 Ataṉ Ataṉ 369, 373, 569, 571 Ātaṉ Cāttaṉ 425, 606 Ātaṉ Cel Irumporai (-porai) 20, 117, 130, 405, 407, 594-95 Atiṇṇaṉ Etirāṉ Cēntaṉ 63, 121 Atiyamāṉs (of Takaṭūr) 118, 121, 161 Atiyaṉ (Atiyamāṉ) Neṭumāṉ Añci 23, 117, 119-20, 399, 589-90 Aṭiyārkkunallār 158 Attiraṉ 132, 351, 563 attributes 145, 288 Auvaiyār 120 Āvūr 119 Āyccayyaṉ Neṭucāttaṉ 393, 585-86 *āytam* 104, 183, 253, 254