Indian Epigraphical Glossary c3.2

c3.2

The majority of words collected in this Glossary occur in inscriptions in Sanskrit or in the Sanskritic and Dravidian languages. My aim has primarily been to collect Sanskrit words, and generally the Prakrit and *tadbhava* words have been given in their Sanskrit forms, although some Dravidian or *Deśī* words have also been included. Sanskrit words used in Tamil with *n* and *m* suffixed to them have been ususally quoted without the suffixes; e.g., *varāhan* and *liṅgam* have been recognised as *varāha* and *liṅga*. Likewise, the suffix *mu* in Sanskrit words used in Telugu has been generally omitted. Feminine words ending in *a* and *i*, as used in the Dravidian languages, have often been quoted with the vowels lengthened. In Tamil words, intervocalic *k*, *c*, *ṭ*, *t* and *p* have sometimes been represented by *g*, *j*, *d*, *d* and *b* respectivly. It is felt that, while weeding out words without special significance from my original collection, some were left over. There are also some words collected from sources other than epigraphic records.