INSCRIPTIONAL GLOSSARY

Inscriptional Glossary lists the inscriptional words as they occur in the Corpus. The words are arranged in the Tamil alphabetical order; loanwords commencing with dh and s are placed at the end.

Headwords (as in the Commentary, ETE 2) are given in col. 1 in bold italics.

Emendations and corrections (as in the Commentary, ETE 2) are in italics within brackets and placed next to the headwords in col. 1.

Reference Numbers (as in the Commentary, ETE 2) of the inscriptional words are given in col. 2.

Meanings or explanations of the inscriptional words, their grammatical parts of speech and references to the corresponding forms, if any, in Literary Tamil (LT) or in inscriptions (inscr.) are given in col. 3. Personal names and place names are marked N. and P. respectively. Caste, clan, family or occupational names (which can have plurals as in vēḷ - vēḷir) are included in the category of common nouns (n.). Grammatical parts of speech of other words are indicated by appropriate abbreviations (see List of Abbreviations).

The Glossary and the Indexes include words from theTamil-Brāhmī inscriptions (Nos.1 - 96) in the Corpus.

Detailed studies of the inscriptional words with supporting citations from literary and inscriptional parallels will be found in the Commentary in ETE 2 on the relevant items indicated by the Reference Numbers in col. 2. References are also made to Sections of Chapters 1-7 of ETE 2 for discussion on significant words.

akaḻ-ūr (akaḻūr)
(P.) See Table 4.3 (ETE 2) for identification.
aṭi-ōṉ(aṭi-y-ōṉ)
(n.) 'servant, slave, follower, devotee'; 'armed follower' (in the context of herostone inscriptions).
attiraṉ
N. of a Jaina monk.
attuvāyi (atta-vāyi)
60.6 (n.) 'one who expounds the meaning (of scriptures)'; title of a Jaina monk. cf. attha (Pkt.) 'meaning', vāyi (Pkt.) 'one who expounds or recites'. See Section 4.9.3 (v), ETE 2.
ataṭ-aṉam (atiṭṭāṉam)
See atiṭṭāṉam.
ataṉ
N. of an accountant, the chief of scribes.
ataṉ ataṉ
N. of a donor.
ataṉ... ṉ-aṉ
N. of the hero inscribed on a herostone. (Fragmentary.)
atiṭ-aṉam (atiṭṭāṉam)
See atiṭṭāṉam.
atiṭṭāṉṉam (atiṭṭāṉam)
See following entry.
atiṭṭāṉam
(n.) 'seat' (lit. 'permanent, fixed abode'); refers to stone beds in cave shelters. See Section 4.9.8 (ii), ETE 2.
atiṭāṉam (atiṭṭāṉam)
See previous entry.
atiṭāṉam 3 (atiṭṭāṉam-)
3 seats (stone beds).
atiyan neṭumān añci (atiyaṉ neṭumāṉ-)
N. of a chieftain. cf. LT Atiyamāṉ Neṭumāṉ Añci. See Section 4.5.1, ETE 2.
atai (antai)
(n.) Variant of antai. See antai ariyti.
atai-y (antai-)
See previous entry.
antuvaṉ
N. of a donor.
antai ariyti
N. of a donor. antai (n.) is an honorific (masc.) for an elder or senior person. See Section 3.2.2 (v), ETE 2.
antai asutaṉ (-assutaṉ)
N. of the kāviti of the merchant guild of veḷ-aṟai and superintendent of pearls. See kāḻitika (kāḻ-atika).
antai irāvataṉ
N. of a donor
antai cēnta-a
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Antai Cēnta(ṉ)'.
antai-y pikaṉ (-pikkaṉ)
N. of the father of a donor.
ama (amai)
(v., adj. aorist pple.) '(who) abide'.
amaṇṇaṉ
See amaṇaṉ.
(a)maṇṇaṉ
See following entry.
amaṇan
(n.) 'Jaina monk'. See Section 4.9.3 (ii), ETE 2.
ay-am (ayam)
(n.) 'pool, spring, pond, tank'.
ar-itaṉ (aritaṉ)
N. of a donor. See section 6.19.2 on the pause.
ar-iytaṉ (ariytaṉ)
N. of a donor. See also previous entry.
araṭṭa kāyipan
N. of a Jaina monk.
ariti=ṉ (ariti-(i)ṉ)
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Ariti'.
av[v]ir[u]-a-ar-um (avviru-ar-um)
(pron. phrase), avv-iruvar-um 'those two persons also'.
aṟam
(n.) 'charity, religious gift'.
aṟutta
(v.) 'which was carved'.
aṟupitta (aṟuppitta)
(v.) 'which was caused to be carved'.
aṟupita (aṟuppitta)
See previous entry.
aṟuvai-vaṇikaṉ
(n.) 'cloth merchant'.
... aṉ-ūr
(P.) A fragmentary place name; -ūr 'village, town'.
(ā)-iṉa
(v.) 'who is, alias'. cf.(inscr.) āyiṉa.
āka
(v.) 'when he became', 'having become'.
ākōḷ
(n.) 'cattle-raid' (Tol.Poruḷ. 20:3).
āci
(n.) 'prop, support'. cf. LT ācu id.; āsi (Pkt.) 'to support'.
ātaṉ cāttāṉ (-cāttaṉ)
N. of a donor.
ā[ta*ṉ* ce*]l-l=irumpuṟai
See following entry.
ātaṉ cel-l=irumpoṟai
N. of a king of the Irumpoṟai branch of the Cēra dynasty. See Section 4.3.1, ETE 2.
ātāṉ (ātaṉ)
N. of a king of the Cēra dynasty.
āycayaṉ neṭucātaṉ (āyccayyaṉ neṭucāttaṉ).
N. of a stonemason.
āritaṉ
N. of a senior Jaina monk.
i
(proximate demonstrative pronoun), 'this'. (Ma.) (D 410). See Commentary, ETE 2, on the language of the inscription.
itta
(pron., accusative case), 'this'. cf. itai/ittai.
ittā-a
(intj.) 'lo, behold, look here!' cf. itā/ītā.
iruvar
(num. pron., pl.) 'two persons'.
[i*]lañci-y
(P.) lit., 'pool' or 'makiḻa- tree'; a place name here.
(i)lavōṉ (illavōṉ)
(n.) Title of the donor; lit., 'householder' (from Toṇṭi). He was also an upādhyāya.
iv-kuṉṟatu (-kuṉṟattu)
'of this hill'. iv- (pron.) 'this'; kuṉṟa- (n.) 'hill'.
iv-muḻa-u-kai-y
(-muḻavukai-)
'this cave'. iv- (pron.) 'this'; muḻavukai (n.) 'cave'.
iḻa-kuṭumpikaṉ (īḻa-)
(n.) Caste name of the donor; 'one belonging to the family (kuṭumpikaṉ) of toddy-tappers (īḻavar)'.
[i*]ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō
N. of a prince of the Irumpoṟai branch of the Cēra dynasty.
iḷaṅkāyipaṉ
N. of a Jaina monk.
[i*]ḷaṅkō 1
(n.) 'prince, heir apparent'.
[i*]ḷaṅkō 2
(n.) Title of the donor; a member of the Vaiśya caste known as Iḷaṅkō.
iḷañcaṭikaṉ
N. of the son of caṭikaṉ and husband of the sister-in-law of neṭiñ-caḻiyaṉ (neṭuñceḻiyaṉ).
iḷanataṉ
N. of a donor.
iḷayar
(n., pl.) Title of the members of an ancient martial clan. cf. LT iḷaiyar. See Section 4.18.1(i), ETE 2.
īttavaṉ
(v.) 'he who gave'.
ītā
(intj.) 'lo, behold, look here!' cf. itā/ītā.
uttira-antai [v]isuvaṉ (-vissuvaṉ)
N. of the donor. cf. LT uttiraṉ and viccuvaṉ.
utayaṉasa
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Utayaṉa(ṉ)'. Note the occurrence of the Pkt. genitive suffix -sa (-ssa).
upaca-aṉ (upaccaṉ)
See upacaṉ.
upacaṉ (upaccaṉ)
(n.) 'preceptor, Jaina upādhyāya'. cf. LT uvaccaṉ. See Section 4.9.3 (iii), ETE 2.
upaṟuva[ṉ*] (uppaṟuvaṉ)
(n.) Title of the donor; an occupational name 'tank and well-diggers, road-workers, brick-layers, stone masons and plasterers'. cf. uppārakkāraṉ (Ta.), uppāṟa (Ka.) (D. 626). He was also an upādhyāya.
upu-vāṇikaṉ (uppu-)
(n.) 'salt merchant'.
uḻi
(locative postposition) 'in, at'.
uṟai
(n.) 'abode (of ascetics)'.
uṟai-y
See previous entry.
uṟaiyuḷ
(n.) ' abode (of ascetics)'.
ūr
(n.) 'village, town, city'; occurs also frequently as a suffix to place names. See Index to Place names.
ūṟu (ūṟṟu)
(n.) 'spring, fountain'.
e-iyl (eyil)
(P.) lit., 'fortified place'. cf. eyil.
eṇṇai-vāṇṇikaṉ (-vāṇikaṉ)
(n.) 'oil merchant'. cf. eṇṇey (eḷ + ney) 'gingily oil'.
em
(pron., obl.); 'our (exclusive)'.
emayavaṉ (LT imaiyavaṉ)
N. of the donor. cf. imaiyavar 'celestials' from imai 'to shine, shed light'.
erukāṭu-ūru (eru-k-kāṭṭu-)
(P.) cf. erukkāṭṭūr.
erukāṭur (eru-k-kāṭṭūr)
(P.) cf. erukkāṭṭūr.
erumināṭu (-nāṭṭu)
(P.) prob., in oblique case; 'of Erumi-nāṭu'.An ancient territorial division. cf. erumaināṭu, generally identified as the Mysore region (mahisha-maṇḍala) of Karnataka.
eḻuttum
'the letters also'. eḻuttu (n.) 'letter, character of the alphabet'; -um (particle) 'also'.
eḻai-y-ūr (eḻaiyūr)
(P.)
eḷa-a aṭaṉ (eḷava-aṭṭaṉ)
N. of a cloth merchant. cf. (inscr.) eḷavaṉ, aṭṭaṉ, personal names.
eḷacantaṉ
N. of a trader in ploughshares.
eḷampēratan
N. of the father of the donor.
[e]ḷamakaṉ
(n.) Title of a member of the ancient martial clan of Iḷaiyar or Iḷamakkaḷ. cf. iḷayar.
ēri
(P.) lit., 'lake'; here, as a place name.
ēva
(v.) 'when (he) commanded', 'at the bidding of'.
opaṉapa vira-a (oppaṉ=appa vīra-)
N. of a warrior (in genitive case); 'of Oppaṉappa Vīra(ṉ)'.
kaṭal-aṉ vaḻutti-y (kaṭalaṉ vaḻuti-)
N. of an officer who served under neṭiñcaḻiyaṉ (neṭuñceḻiyaṉ).
kaṭikai
(n.) 'assembly of learned persons or institution of higher learning or the place of such assembly or institution'. See Section 4.6.13, ETE 2.
kaṭuṅkōṉ [i*]ḷaṅkaṭuṅkō
N. of a prince of the Irumpoṟai branch of the Cēra dynasty; same as [i*]ḷaṅ-kaṭuṅkō.
kaṭummiputa cēra (kaṭumi-putta-)
N. of a Cēra king. cf. LT Kaṭumāṉ. cf. satiyaputō. See Section 4.3.3, ETE 2.
kaṇaka- (kaṇakka-)
(n.) Stem of kaṇa(k)kaṉ (n.) 'accountant'. See also following entry.
kaṇatikaṉ (kaṇa-atikaṉ)
(n.) 'chief of scribes'. cf. (Sinh. Pkt.) kaṇa 'scribe'; LT atikaṉ 'chief'. cf. kāḻitika- (kāḻ-atika-) 'superintendent of pearls'. See Sections 4.6.6 and 4.6.8, ETE 2.
kaṇi
(n.) 'head of a gaṇa (Jaina order of monks)'; title of a senior Jaina monk. cf. gaṇi. (Pkt.). See Section 4.9.3 (i), ETE 2.
kaṇi-i
See previous entry.
kaṇi-y
See kaṇi.
kaṇimāṉ
N. of a chieftain.
kaya[m*]
(n.) 'tank, pool'.
karaṇṭai
(n.) 'cave, cavern, abode of ascetics'.
karu-iya (karu-v-iya)
(v.) 'which was carved'. cf. karukku 'engraving, carving'.
karu-ūr (karu-v-ūr)
(P.) karuvūr (Karūr), the ancient capital of the Irumpoṟai branch of the Cēra dynasty. See Section 4.20.4 (iii), ETE 2.
kal
(n.) 'stone'. The term refers to various stone structures like cave shelters, stone beds or memorial stones (naṭukal).
kal kañcaṇam
(noun phrase); a stone structure (?) The exact meaning of kañcaṇam is uncertain.
kala-
(n.) Stem of kalam (n.) 'a quantity (of grain) as measured by kalam, a (grain-) measure'.
kavi-y
(n.) 'cave'. cf. kevi (Ta.), gavi (Ka., Te.).
kavuṭi-i
(n.) Title of a Jaina nun. cf. gavuḍi, gauḍi (Ka.). See Section 1.3.2, ETE 2.
kaḻumāṟa nataṉ
N. of a donor, prob. a Pāṇṭiya prince or vassal.cf. LT Kaṭumāṉ Māṟaṉ.
kasapaṉ (kassapaṉ)
N. of a donor.
kāttāṉ
N. of a person; lit., 'he who protected'.
kāpi-ūr (kāppi-y-ūr)
(P.) cf. LT kāppiyāṟu.
kāviti-iy
(n.) An ancient title bestowed by kings on ministers, nobles and merchants. See Section 4.6.9, ETE 2.
kāviti kōṉ
(noun phrase). Title of a donor. See also kāviti-iy.
kāḻitika- (kāḻ-atika-)
(n.) Stem of kāḻ-atikaṉ (n.) 'superintendent of pearls'. cf. LT kāḻ 'pearl', atikaṉ 'chief'.
See Sections 4.6.6 and 4.6.7, ETE 2.
kiḻ[ā]r
(n.) lit., 'owner'; a title or term of respect for the chief of a village or its leading landowner or an eminent person of the place.
kīraṉ koṟṟi
N. (fem.) of a donor.
kīraṉ koṟi (-koṟṟi)
See previous entry.
kuṭupita (kuṭuppitta)
(v.)'which was caused to be given'. cf. koṭuppitta.
kuṭupitō[r*] (kuṭuppittōr)
(v.) 'they who caused to be given'. cf. koṭuppittōr.
kuṇāviṉ
(P.) in genitive case; 'of Kuṇā'. Identified with Trikkaṇā, (Tiru-k-kuṇā), ancient Kuṇavāy(il). (Cilap. Pati. 1). See Section 4.20.4 (v), ETE 2, for the identification.
kumuḻ-ūr (kumuḻūr)
(P.) A village in erumināṭu.
kuvira-a[n]tai
N. of a donor.
kuvira-antai vēḷ-a
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Kuvira-antai Vēḷ'. vēḷ is the title of an ancient class of
chieftains and petty rulers.
kuviraṉ
N. of a donor. See Section 4.19.2 (iii), ETE 2.
ku[vi*]rā (kuvira-ā)
N. of a donor (with the genitive suffix -ā); 'of Kuviraṉ'. cf. nalli-y-ūr-ā.
kuṟa (kuṟai)
(n.) 'cutting'; refers to the cutting of the drip ledge above the inscription. cf. LT kuṟai (v.) 'to cut'; (n.) 'cutting'.
kuṟu (kūṟu)
(n.) 'section'; refers to the part of the drip ledge above the inscription. cf. LT kūṟu. See previous entry also.
kuṟummakaḷ (kuṟumakaḷ )
(n.) 'young daughter'. cf. LT kuṟumakaḷ; alternatively, read kuṟum makaḷ.
kuṉṟu
(n.) 'hill'.
kūṭal-ūr (kūṭalūr)
(P.) identified with Gudalur near Kambam.
koṭṭupitta-a
(v.) 'which was caused to be carved'.
koṭṭupitōṉ (koṭṭupittōṉ)
(v.) 'he who caused to be carved'. cf. (inscr.) koṭṭuvittāṉ.
koṭalku (koṭṭal-)
(verbal noun in dative case); 'for carving'.
koṭi-ōr (koṭṭi-y-ōr)
(v.) 'they who carved'.
koṭiy-avaṉ (koṭṭiyavaṉ)
(v.) 'he who carved (engraved)'.
koṭu
(v., adj. aorist pple.) 'which was given'.
koṭupi...(koṭuppi...)
(v.) '. . . caused to be given'. (fragmentary.)
koṭupita-avaṉ (koṭuppittavaṉ)
(v.) 'he who caused to be given'.
koṭupitavaṉ (koṭuppittavaṉ)
(v.) 'he who caused to be given'.
koṭupitōṉ (koṭuppittōṉ)
(v.) 'he who caused to be given'.
koḻu-vaṇikaṉ
(n.) 'trader in ploughshares'.
koṟṟantay
N. of a donor; variant of koṟṟantai.
koṟṟantai [i*]ḷavaṉ
N. of a donor.
koṟiya (koṟṟiya)
(v.) 'which was carved'. cf. LT kuṟṟiya, kottiya; koṟṟiṉa (inscr.).
kō 1
(n.) 'king'.
kō 2
(n.) 'chieftain'.
kōṭaṉ
N. of a donor.
[kō*]viṉ
(n. in genitive case) from kō; 'of the chief'.
kōṉ
(n.) 'chief'.
caṭikaṉ
N. of a donor.
cantantai cantaṉ
N. of a donor.
cantaritaṉ
N. of a donor.
ciḻivaṉ-a
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Ciḻivaṉ'.
ciḻivaṉ atiṉaṉ veḷiyaṉ (-atiṉṉaṉ-)
N. of a donor.
ciṟu . . . vaṉ
N. of a carpenter. (fragmentary.)
cuṉai
(n.) 'mountain pool, spring'.
ceṅkāyapaṉ
N. of a senior Jaina monk.
ceṅkuviraṉ
N. of a donor.
ceyta
(v.) 'which was made'.
ceytā[ṉ*]
(v.) 'he who made'.
ceypita (ceypitta)
(v.) 'which was caused to be made'.
ceyvittāṉ
(v.) 'he who caused to be made'.
ceyita
(v.) 'which was made'. cf. ceyta.
ceyitāṉ
(v.) 'he who made'. cf. ceytāṉ.
ceyipita (ceyipitta)
(v.) 'which was caused to be made'.
ceyivitta
(v.) 'which was caused to be made'. cf. ceyvitta.
ceṟ-ataṉ-ōṉ (ceṟṟ-)
N. of a donor. cf. Ta. ciṟṟ-, Ma. ceṟṟu 'young, junior'.
cē-iya
(v.) 'which was made'. See Commentary, ETE 2, on the inscr. form cē- for LT cey.
cē-k-kant=aṇṇi (cē-k-kant(i)-aṇṇi)
(noun phrase). Title (family name) of a Jaina nun; mother of cē-k-kanti. cē 'a family name'; kanti 'Jaina nun'; aṇṇi 'honorific suffix added to feminine names'.
cē-k-kanti
(noun phrase). Title (family name) of a Jaina nun. See also previous entry.
cētavar
(v.) 'they who made'. cf. ceytavar.
cēy-a (cē-y-a)
(v.) 'which was made'. cf. cē-iya.
cēvit-ōṉ (cēvittōṉ)
(v.) 'he who caused to be made'. cf. ceyvittōṉ.
caiy-aḷaṉ (caiyaḷaṉ)
N. of a donor.
ṇākaṉ
N. of the father of a donor. cf. LT nākaṉ.
tacaṉ (taccaṉ)
(n.) 'carpenter'.
tanta
(v.) 'who took (in battle)'.
tantai-y
(n.) 'father'.
tanma[ṉ]
N. of a donor.
tātai
(n.) 'father'; here an affectionate or a respectful form of addressing an elder person.
tāyiyaru
(n.) 'mother' (honorific sing.). cf. tāyiyaru (Ka.). See Section 3.2.4 (i), ETE 2.
tār-aṇi-i (tāraṇi)
(n.) 'drip ledge'. cf. dari, dāra (Pkt.) 'cleavage, cleft'; dāraṇi (Skt.) 'act of splitting'.
tāvaṉ-ūr (tāvaṉūr)
(P.)
tāṉa
(n.) '(religious) gift' < dāna(ṁ) (Pkt.).
tiṭi (tiṭṭi)
(P.)
tiṭi-il-a (tiṭṭi-y-il-)
(P. in genitive case); 'of Tiṭṭiyil'. See also previous entry.
tiyaṉ cantaṉ
N. of a donor.
tīyaṉ antavaṉ
(N.) composite name of the person whose grave is marked by the memorial stone (naṭukal).
teṉku-ciṟupocil
(P.) cf. (inscr.) teṉ-ciṟuvāyil-nāṭu, an ancient territorial division located to the east of Sittannavasal.
tē[va]ṉ cā[tta]ṉ
N. of the composer of the inscription (85) and the two adjoining charts of musical notations (86 & 87). See Section 4.22.2, ETE 2.
tēṉūr
(P.)
toṭa (toṭṭa)
(v.) 'which was excavated'.
t[o]ṇṭi
(P.) The ancient Pāṇṭiya seaport on the east coast of Tamilnadu. See section 4.20.4 (ii), ETE 2.
natti
N. of a gold merchant.
natti-y
N. of a senior Jaina monk.
nataṉ
N. of a senior Jaina monk.
nata-siri-y kuva[ṉ*] (nanta-)
N. of a senior Jaina monk. See also following entry.
nanta-a siri-y-i kuv-aṉkē
N. of a senior Jaina monk (in dative case). The name may be normalised as Nanta-siri Kuvaṉ on the basis of the variant forms in inscriptions (1 - 3).
nanta- siri-y ku-aṉ (-ku-v-aṉ)
N. of a senior Jaina monk. See also previous entry.
nalmuḻa-u-kai (nal-muḻavu-kai)
(n.) 'auspicious cave'. cf. nal 'good'; muḻai 'cave'.
nalli-y-ūr-ā (nalliyūr-)
(P.) in genitive case; 'of Nalliyūr'. See Section 7.27.4, ETE 2.
nali-y-ūr-ā (nalliyūr-)
See previous entry.
nākapērūr
(P.)
nākaṉ
N. of a senior Jaina monk.
nāḻaḷ (nāḻal)
(P.) cf. LT ñāḻal/nāḻal 'a flowering tree'; here, a place name.
nikamatu (nikamattu)
(n., obl.) 'of the nikama(m)'. cf. nikamam 'a caravan of merchants' (TL). See Section 4.16.1, ETE 2.
nikamatōr (nikamattōr)
(n., pl.) 'members of a merchant guild'.
nūṟu
(num.) 'hundred'.
neṭiñcaḻiyaṉ (neṭuñceḻiyaṉ)
N. of a Pāṇṭiya king. cf. LT Neṭuñceḻiyaṉ. See Section 4.2.1, ETE 2.
neṭuñcaḻiyaṉ (neṭuñceḻiyaṉ)
See previous entry.
neṭumalaṉ (-mallaṉ)
N. of a gur merchant.
nel
(n.) 'paddy'. See Section 4.15.1, ETE 2.
nelveḷi-iy
(P.) cf. nel 'paddy'; veḷi 'open space, field'.
pakal (pakkal)
(postposition); as dative case suffix 'to'.
paṇa-aṉ (paṇa-v-aṉ)
(n.) 'servant'; here, a high functionary serving under the king. cf. LT paṇavaṉ.
patantaṉ
(n.) 'the venerable one'; title of a Jaina monk. cf. bhadanta (Pkt.). See Section 4.9.3 (iv), ETE 2.
patavaṉ
(N.) of a person engraved on the memorial stone (naṭukal) presumably marking his grave.
patiṉ-[ū]r (patiṉūr)
(P.) cf. LT patiṉ-, bound form of pattu 'ten'; ūr 'village'.
pamitti (pammi-tti)
(n.) 'Jaina nun'. cf. LT pammai, paimmai, paimai 'id.' See Section 4.9.4 (i), ETE 2.
par-acu (paracu)
(n.) Title (family name) of a Jaina upādhyāya. cf. LT paracu (v.) 'to praise, extol'.
See Section 6.19.2, ETE 2, for the pause.
parampaṉ-kōkūr
(P.) cf. LT pala(i)mai 'being ancient'. See Commentary, ETE 2, on the language of the inscription.
paḻama
(n.) (Ma.) cf. LT parampu 'flat land' (or) parampaṉ 'a class of cultivators'.
paḷḷi 1
(n.) 'sleeping place, hermitage'; (the expression refers to cave shelters with stone beds).
paḷi (paḷḷi)
See paḷḷi 1.
paḷi-i
See paḷḷi 1.
paḷi-iy
See paḷḷi 1.
paḷi-y
See paḷḷi 1.
paḷi-y (paḷḷi-) 3
(n.) 'grave, burial place'. See veṇpaḷ[i]-i for (-paḷḷi-)2.
pa[ḷ*]i-yi
See paḷḷi 1.
...paṉkē
N. (?) in dative case. (Fragmentary.)
paṉaituṟai
(P.) cf. LT paṉai 'palmyra palm tree'; tuṟai 'waterfront'.
pākaṉ-ūr (pākaṉūr)
(P.) identified with Solavandan.
pāṅkāṭa (-kāṭṭa )
(P.) in genitive case. pān´kāṭ(u) + a 'of Pāṅkāṭu'.
pāṇita-vāṇikaṉ
(n.) 'gur merchant'.
piṭantai (piṭṭantai)
(N.) same as piṭaṉ (piṭṭaṉ). See following entry.
piṭaṉ (piṭṭaṉ)
N. of the father of a donor.
piṇa-u (piṇa-v-u)
(n.) 'drip ledge'. cf. LT piḷa 'cleave'; piḷavu 'cleft (of rock)'.
piṟanta
(v.) 'who was born'.
piṉ-aṉ kuṟṟaṉ (piṉṉaṉ-)
N. of a donor. cf. Ta. piṉṉaṉ 'younger brother', kuṟiyoṉ 'the short one'; Te. kuṟṟa 'child, boy'.
puṇaruttāṉ
(v.) 'he who composed' (the musical inscriptions 86 & 87). cf. LT puṇarttāṉ.
pūti vira (-vīra)
N. of a chieftain.
peṭu (LT paṭu)
(v., adj. aorist pple.) '(who) died'. cf. LT. 'paṭu' 'to die'.
peruṅkaṭuṅkōṉ
N. of a prince of the Irumpoṟai branch of the Cēra dynasty.
peruṅkīraṉ
N. of a donor.
peruṅkūṟṟaṉ
N. of a donor.
perutērūr
(P.) Probably the earlier name of Kilkuyilkudi.
perumpokaḻ
(P.)
pētalai (pēttalai)
(P.)
pē[r]ataṉ piṭaṉ (-piṭṭaṉ)
N. of a donor.
pēr-ay-am (pērayam)
(n.) 'large tank'. See Section 6.18, ETE 2, for 'analytical' writing.
polālaiyaṉ
N. of a donor.
poṉ-kolvaṉ
(n.) 'goldsmith'. cf. poṉ-kollaṉ.
poṉ-vāṇikaṉ
(n.) 'gold merchant'.
makaḷ
(n.) 'daughter'.
makan
(n.) 'son'.
mattiraikē (matirai-)
(P. in genitive case); 'of Matirai'. See matirai.
matiray
See following entry.
matirai
(P.) cf. (inscr.) matirai, (LT maturai), the ancient capital city of the Pāṇṭiya dynasty. See Section 4.20.4 (i), ETE 2.
malai-y vaṇṇakkaṉ
(n.) A member of the Malai-vaṇṇakkar clan. cf. vaṇṇakka kōttiraṉ.
mārayatu (mārāyattu)
(n., obl.) 'of the mārāya(m)', 'honour or title bestowed by the king'; here, probably for one so honoured, cf. LT mārāyam. See Section 4.6.10, ETE 2.
muciṟi
(P.) The ancient Cēra seaport on the west coast of Kerala. See Section 4.20.4 (iv), ETE 2.
mutā
(adj.) 'elder'; title of a senior Jaina monk.
muḻākai
(n.) 'cave, cavern', cf. muḻai.
muṉṟu
(n.) 'forecourt, front yard'. cf. LT muṉṟil.
mūtā
See mutā.
mōci
N. of a stonemason.
...y
Fragmentary. (Earlier read as pāḷ[i]ya, but only the last letter is now extant.)
yāṟṟu
(P., obl.) lit., 'of the river (yāṟu)'. However, from the context, this appears to be an abbreviation of yāṟṟūr. See following entry.
yāṟṟūr
(P.) Identified with Āttūr near Pugalur.
vintai-ūr (vintai-y-ūr)
(P.)
viyakkaṉ kōpaṉ kaṇatēvaṉ
(-kaṇṇa-)
N. of a donor.
viyakaṉ (viyakkaṉ)
N. of a salt merchant.
veṇkāsipaṉ
N. of a donor.
veṇpaḷ[i]-i (-paḷḷi-) 2
(P.) -paḷḷi 'hamlet'. Note three meanings of paḷḷi in the Corpus.
ven-a (veṉ-)
N. of a donor (in genitive case); 'of Veṉ'. cf. LT veṉ 'victory'.
veni ātaṉ (veṉṉi- )
N. of a donor. cf. veṉṟi (Ta.), venni (Ma.)'victory'.
vepōṉ (veppōṉ)
(v.) 'he who has endowed'. cf. LT vaippōṉ.
veḷ-aṟai (veḷḷaṟai)
(P.) lit., 'white rock'.
veḷ-aṟai-y (veḷḷaṟai-)
See previous entry.
vesaṉ (vessaṉ)
N. of a donor.
vēmpiṟ-ūr (vēmpiṟṟūr)
(Noun phrase); 'the assembly (ūr) of vēmpil.
vēḷ-ūr-avvaṉ (vēḷūr-avvaṉ)
(Noun phrase in attributive construction); 'that man from Vēḷūr'. - avvaṉ (proṉ.) 'he, that man'. cf. avvōṉ, avaṉ (D. 1).
vaika (vaikka)
(v.) 'to endow'.
... (?) ṉ
(N?) Prob. an incomplete personal name.
ṉākaṉ (nākaṉ)
N. of a person.
dhammam
(n.) 'religious gift, charity or endowment' < dhaṁma (Pkt.).
dhamam
See previous entry. cf. (Pkt. inscr.) dhama.
satiyaputō (satiya-putta)
(n.) Title of Atiyaṉ Neṭumāṉ Añci as a member of the Satiya clan.cf.(Inscrs. of Asoka) satiyaputō. cf. LT atiyamāṉ (< -makaṉ). See Section 4.5.1, ETE 2.
sapamitā (sappamittā)
N. of a Jaina nun.
sālakaṉ
(n.) 'sister-in-law's husband'. cf. cālakaṉ, 'wife's sister's husband'.