[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) › c8.13 # Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c8.13 Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c8.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.13) | Section | Page | Section | Page | | \*\*III. MORPHOLOGY\*\* | | 7.27 Case | 289 | | | | 7.27.1 First case (nominative) | 289 | | 7.17 Definition | 281 | 7.27.2 Second case (accusative) | 289 | | 7.18 Syllabic structure of stems | 281 | 7.27.3 Fourth case (dative) | 289 | | 7.19 Parts of speech | 281 | 7.27.4 Sixth case (genitive) | 290 | | 7.20 Nouns | 281 | 7.27.5 Zero-genitive | 291 | | 7.20.1 Classification of nouns | 281 | 7.27.6 Seventh case (locative) | 291 | | 7.20.2 Personal names (N.) | 281 | 7.28 Verbs | 292 | | 7.20.3 Place names (P.) | 281 | 7.28.1 Verb stems in the Corpus | 292 | | 7.20.4 Common nouns (n.) | 281 | 7.28.2 Transitive and intransitive | | | 7.20.5 Appellative nouns | 283 | verbs | 293 | | 7.21 Numerals | 283 | 7.28.3 Causative verbs | 293 | | 7.22 Pronouns | 284 | 7.28.4 Causative suffixes | 293 | | 7.22.1 Personal pronouns | 284 | 7.28.5 Frequency and distribution | | | 7.22.2 Demonstrative pronouns | 284 | of causative suffixes | 294 | | 7.22.3 Numeral pronouns | 284 | 7.29 Tense | 294 | | 7.23 Number and gender | 284 | 7.29.1 Past tense | 294 | | 7.23.1 Masculine singular | 285 | 7.29.2 Non-past (present-future) | | | 7.23.2 Feminine singular | 285 | tense | 294 | | 7.23.3 Honorific singular | 285 | 7.29.3 Absence of finite verbs | 295 | | 7.23.4 Human (epicene) plural | 285 | 7.30 Participial nouns | 295 | | 7.23.5 Neuter singular | 286 | 7.30.1 PNG suffixes of participial | | | 7.23.6 Neuter plural | 286 | nouns | 295 | | 7.24 Person | 286 | 7.30.2 Past participial nouns | 295 | | 7.24.1 PNG suffixes | 287 | 7.30.3 Non-past participial noun | 296 | | 7.24.2 Masculine singular | 287 | 7.31 Verbal nouns | 296 | | 7.24.3 Feminine singular | 287 | 7.32 Adjectival participles | 296 | | 7.24.4 Honorific singular | 288 | 7.32.1 Adjectival past participles | 297 | | 7.24.5 Epicene plural | 288 | 7.32.2 Adjectival aorist participles | 298 | | 7.25 Noun stems as attributes | 288 | 7.33 Adverbial participles | 298 | | 7.26 The oblique stem | 288 | 7.34 The infinitive | 298 | | 7.26.1 Nouns ending in \*-am\* | 288 | 7.35 Adjectives | 299 | | 7.26.2 Nouns ending in \*-tu\* or \*-ru\* | 289 | 7.36 Interjections | 300 | | 7.26.3 Oblique pronominal stem | 289 | 7.37 Particles | 300 | | | | 7.38 Grammatical morphemes | 301 | - [Previous: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.12) - [Next: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.14) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mahadevan-2003.c8.13) · Pramāṇa