Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c31.72

c31.72

Vaccaṇanti Ācāriyar 30, 132, 471, 629-30 Vaigai (river) 45 Vaishnava 137 Vaiśya 124, 125 Vajranandi 136, 137, 214 Vallam 37, 47, 53, 209 Vañci 153 Vaṇṇakkar clan 144 Varadarajan, M. 170 Varichiyur (inscrs.) 40, 97, 98, 140, 157, 339-41, 559-60 Vāsiṣṭhīputra (Śrī) Sātakarṇi 63, 80, *200*, 201 Vāsiṣṭhīputra (Śrī) Puḷumāvi 63, 80, *200*, 201, 203 Vaṭṭeḻuttu Early Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscrs. 4, 9, 25, 27, 29, 31, 37, 41-42, 83, 86, 90, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 104, 112, 114, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 142, 143, 157, 158, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 197, 198, 210, 212, 230, 241, 242, 245, 254, 302 period (5-6 cent. A.D.) 36, 41-42, 83, 95, 234 script 21, 29, 30, 33, 48, 99, 103, 168, 169, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 189, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 211, 212, *219-22*, 224 evolution 211-12 inscrs. 25, 37, 126, *138*, 139, 214 origin 210 script 3, 25, 29, 31, 37, 164, 168, 170, 176, 178, 179, 182, 210-12, 213, 214, 215 Vedal 139 Vedic (Brahmanical) Hinduism 128, 132 Vedic and Brahmanical deities 147 Vedic literature 170 Vēḷ 144 Vēḷ Āvi-k-Kōmāṉ Patumaṉ 121 Vēḷāḷar 124; Koṅku Veḷḷāḷar 144 Veḷḷaṟai (Vellarippatti) 123, 124, 141, 156, 319, 323, 548, 551 Velu Pillai, A. 268, 297 Vēmparṟūr (Veppattur) 125 Vēmpiṟṟūr (Vempattur) 125, 156, 367, 568 Veṇ 345, 562 venerable 130, 403, 591