Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.46

c31.46

Sappamittā 131, 132, 375, 572 Sahyādri 152 Śaiva (faith) 31, 137 Śālaṅkāyana 161 Salihundam 43, 48, 151, 160, 235, *sallēkhana* 136 Salomon, R. 111 salt 15, 141; salt merchant 372, 570 Samanamalai 139 *Samavāyāṅga-sutta* 168 Sampath, M.D. 16 Samprati 128 Sanchi 187, 194 *sandhi* 271-80 Sanskrit hybrid Sanskrit inscr. (at Arikamedu) 49, 91, 178 inscriptions 9, 184, 213 language 8, 73, 76, 95, 112, 114, 163, 170, 212, 214, 215 loanwords (in Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscrs.) 113 Sanur 206 Sarma, I. K. 201 Sātavāhanas 63, 161, 178, 204, 205, 236 Sātavāhana coins with bi-lingual legends 50, 122, 199-205, 200 Satiyaputō (Satiyaputta) 23, 119, 120, 399, 588-89 scribe 110, 112; chief of scribes 15, 110, 123, 373, 588-89 seals with Tamil-Brāhmī legends 50, 51, 58, 64 seat of penance 28, 471, 473, 632-33, 634 Selvaraj, K. 23, 24 semi-precious stones 44 Sendalai pillar inscrs. 208, 213 servant (of the king) 122, 315, 546 Sesha Iyer, K. G. 120 Settipodavu 139 Sewell, R. 4 Shanmugam, P. 24 Shastri, A. M. 201 Sholavandan 156 short vowels *e* and *o* 80, 182, 183, 198, 199 shortened -*i* and -*u* 183, 254 Sidebotham, S.E. 155 Signs of the Indus script *208*, 209, 210 Siṃhasūri 136 Siṃhavarman 136, 137, 211, 214 Siṃhaviṣhṇu 136 Sinhala-Brāhmī Early Sinhala-Brāhmī inscrs. 93, 94, 124, 143, 144, 147, 181, 193 script 49, 93, 94, 167, 177, 178, 181, 185, 193 Late Sinhala-Brāhmī (script) 94, 167, 177, 178, 181, 185 inscrs. 123, 187, 190, 195, 196 script 93-94, 167, 18, *188*, *192* Sinhala-Prakrit inscrs. 46, 190 language 44, 45, 47, 49, 112, 124, 149, 167, 177, 181 Sinhalese 182 Sircar, D.C. 80, 199 Siromoney, G. 80, 90, 172, 231 sister-in-law's husband 110, 317, 547 sites with Tamil-Brāhmī pottery inscrs. 52, 53 Sittannavasal (inscrs.) 14, 15-16, 70, 85, 137, 142 Sittannavasal-A (inscr.) 39, 97, 98, 108, 135, 152, 157, 385, 577-80 Sittannavasal-B (inscrs.) 27, 41, 97, 99, 135, 198, 206, 230, 451-59, 621-23 Śiva 169 Siva Siri Puḷumāvi 202 Sivakasi 47, 53 Sivaramamurti, C. 210 social organisation (in early Tamil society) 142-45 Somasundara Rao, C. 201 son 144, 345, 405, 407, 421, 439, 445, 561, 595, 596, 604, 614, 619 sound variations (in Early Tamil inscrs.) 265-68 South Asia 114 South India 106 South Indian (southern) scripts (evolution and chronology) *192*, 194, 215 South Pennar (river) 23 Southern Brāhmī (script) 8, 48, 49, 51, 94, 148, 167, 170, 175-76, 177, 178, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 201, 202, 213, 214, 215 Southern Brāhmī (inscrs.) 93 spring (of water) 105, 134, 426, 606 Sravanabelagola 127