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Study of Civakacintamani
The consonant m usually remains unchanged. For example :
Skt. māna Tam, mānam (sulk)
, vimāna- Tam. vimāŋam self moving aerial car) In one case m had also changed to v, like the other p and b.
Skt. pratimā- Pkt, padimā- Tam. pațivam (form)
2382 564
395, 1166
The consonants y, r, I, and v: The consonant y often remains unchanged. For example : Skt.
Tamil yāmayamam (night)
1269 ayaņaayanam
(path) Very often the initial y is preceded by a prothetic vowel i. Skt, yaksi- Tam. iyakki (Famale yakşa) 1015, 596, 1178
1590, 1600, 1658 The initial y has dropped in the word ocanai.
Skt. yojanā - Tam. ācarai (distance) 336, 1901, 1142
851
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Skt.
The consonant r normally remains unchanged, but sincer can not be an initial letter in Tamil, always a prothetic vowel a, i, or u is added. For example :
Tamil Irangaarankam (stage)
2112 rava
aravam (sound)
2526 ravi
iravi (sun)
2496 revati
irēvati (name of a naksatra)
506 rasa
iratam (mercury)
960 romauioniam (hair)
2426 jūpauruvam (shape)
1571 robiņi uroni (name of a star)
198 In one instance the r in the medial has changed to I. Skt. garuda Tam. kalulan (vulture)
405
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The Skt. l' also often remains unchanged. But the initial 'l' is always preceded by a prothetic vowel 'i' or u!, since in Tamil 'l' cannot stand in the beginning of a word. For example : Skt.
Tamil 1 lakşya
ilakkam (target)
188 layailayam (a musical note)
1269, 682 lesa - ile u
(a small amount) 727, 1258, 770 2 loka
ulakam (world)
2812
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